diff --git a/doc/tips/optimising_ikiwiki.mdwn b/doc/tips/optimising_ikiwiki.mdwn
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--- a/doc/tips/optimising_ikiwiki.mdwn
+++ b/doc/tips/optimising_ikiwiki.mdwn
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Finally, let's think about how huge number of pages can affect ikiwiki.
   quickly, but still, lots more pages will make PageSpecs more expensive.
 
 * The backlinks calculation has to consider every link on every page
-  in the wiki. (In practice, most pages only like to at most a few dozen
+  in the wiki. (In practice, most pages only link to at most a few dozen
   other pages, so this is not a `O(N^2)`, but closer to `O(N)`.)
 
 * Ikiwiki also reads and writes an `index` file, which contains information