diff --git a/docs/content/manual/manual.yml b/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
index 3780e8a0a4..ff000e97dd 100644
--- a/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
+++ b/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ sections:
           .bar`, produces both the "foo" fields and "bar" fields as
           separate outputs.
 
-          The `,` operator is one way to contruct generators.
+          The `,` operator is one way to construct generators.
 
         examples:
           - program: '.foo, .bar'
diff --git a/docs/content/manual/v1.7/manual.yml b/docs/content/manual/v1.7/manual.yml
index 513420af0b..75d4a22ad8 100644
--- a/docs/content/manual/v1.7/manual.yml
+++ b/docs/content/manual/v1.7/manual.yml
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ sections:
           .bar`, produces both the "foo" fields and "bar" fields as
           separate outputs.
 
-          The `,` operator is one way to contruct generators.
+          The `,` operator is one way to construct generators.
 
         examples:
           - program: ".foo, .bar"
diff --git a/jq.1.prebuilt b/jq.1.prebuilt
index 1720f9a045..d7117d44f1 100644
--- a/jq.1.prebuilt
+++ b/jq.1.prebuilt
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ Like \fB\.[]\fR, but no errors will be output if \. is not an array or object\.
 If two filters are separated by a comma, then the same input will be fed into both and the two filters\' output value streams will be concatenated in order: first, all of the outputs produced by the left expression, and then all of the outputs produced by the right\. For instance, filter \fB\.foo, \.bar\fR, produces both the "foo" fields and "bar" fields as separate outputs\.
 .
 .P
-The \fB,\fR operator is one way to contruct generators\.
+The \fB,\fR operator is one way to construct generators\.
 .
 .IP "" 4
 .