diff --git a/libs/clipboard/README.md b/libs/clipboard/README.md
index ec08cbf04..ee3d31ae2 100644
--- a/libs/clipboard/README.md
+++ b/libs/clipboard/README.md
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ the FUSE server will figure out the file system tree and rearrange its content.
 - you may notice
   the mountpoint is still occupied after the application quits.
   That's because the FUSE server was not mounted with `AUTO_UNMOUNT`.
-  - It's hard to implement gressful shutdown for a multi-processed program
+  - It's hard to implement graceful shutdown for a multi-processed program
   - `AUTO_UNMOUNT` was not enabled by default and requires enable
     `user_allow_other` in configure. Letting users edit such global
     configuration to use this feature might not be a good idea.