--- a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex	Fri Jun 07 03:39:21 2002 +0000
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex	Fri Jun 07 12:36:44 2002 +0000
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@
 \begin{methoddesc}[socket]{settimeout}{value}
 Set a timeout on blocking socket operations. Value can be a
 nonnegative float expressing seconds, or \code{None}.  If a float is
-give, subsequent socket operations will raise an \exception{error}
+given, subsequent socket operations will raise an \exception{error}
 exception if the timeout period \var{value} has elapsed before the
 operation has completed.  Setting a timeout of \code{None} disables
 timeouts on socket operations.