diff --git a/source/macros.tex b/source/macros.tex
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--- a/source/macros.tex
+++ b/source/macros.tex
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 
 % \indeximpldef synthesizes a collation key from the argument; that is, an
 % invocation \indeximpldef{arg} emits an index entry `key@arg`, where `key`
-% is derived from `arg` by replacing the folowing list of commands with their
+% is derived from `arg` by replacing the following list of commands with their
 % bare content. This allows, say, collating plain text and code.
 \newcommand{\indeximpldef}[1]{%
 \let\otextup\textup%