diff --git a/qemu/tcg/README b/qemu/tcg/README
index 46c597dd..1c4138fa 100644
--- a/qemu/tcg/README
+++ b/qemu/tcg/README
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ This can be overridden using the following function modifiers:
   canonical locations before calling the helper.
 - TCG_CALL_NO_WRITE_GLOBALS means that the helper does not modify any globals.
   They will only be saved to their canonical location before calling helpers,
-  but they won't be reloaded afterwise.
+  but they won't be reloaded afterwords.
 - TCG_CALL_NO_SIDE_EFFECTS means that the call to the function is removed if
   the return value is not used.