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@@ -2396,7 +2396,7 @@ is better than not using it.  At present, the only way to do a more
 thorough job is to write the entire sensitive operation in assembly
 language.  We anticipate that future compilers will recognize calls to
 @code{explicit_bzero} and take appropriate steps to erase all the
-copies of the affected data, whereever they may be.
+copies of the affected data, wherever they may be.
 
 @deftypefun void explicit_bzero (void *@var{block}, size_t @var{len})
 @standards{BSD, string.h}