diff --git a/docs/egl.rst b/docs/egl.rst
index 06b6f666168..4e5a51ffc33 100644
--- a/docs/egl.rst
+++ b/docs/egl.rst
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Bootstrapping
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 When the apps calls ``eglInitialize()``, the driver's ``Initialize()``
-function is called. If the first driver initialisation attempt fails,
+function is called. If the first driver initialization attempt fails,
 a second one is tried using only software components (this can be forced
 using the ``LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE`` environment variable). Typically,
 this function takes care of setting up visual configs, creating EGL