diff --git a/gcc/extend.texi b/gcc/extend.texi
index 36c451b84851c6d8ea3731116eeb74e19e6c789a..6d310ae0ca553c0946ab9ed3330ca483a33e7924 100644
--- a/gcc/extend.texi
+++ b/gcc/extend.texi
@@ -3236,7 +3236,7 @@ You may use @code{__builtin_expect} to provide the compiler with
 branch prediction information.  In general, you should prefer to
 use actual profile feedback for this (@samp{-fprofile-arcs}), as
 programmers are notoriously bad at predicting how their programs
-actually preform.  However, there are applications in which this
+actually perform.  However, there are applications in which this
 data is hard to collect.
 
 The return value is the value of @var{exp}, which should be an