diff --git a/doc/install.mdwn b/doc/install.mdwn
index 4d15e8122..052fc71dc 100644
--- a/doc/install.mdwn
+++ b/doc/install.mdwn
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ The easiest way to install ikiwiki is using the Debian package, but you can
 also [[download]] the source and install it by hand. Ikiwiki should work on
 most unix-like systems.
 
-## prerequites
+## Dependencies
 
 Ikiwiki is a perl program, and needs a recent version of perl such as
 5.10. (5.8.0 has been reported not to work).