diff --git a/docs/external.html b/docs/external.html
index 2b8817a45..6cfe04934 100644
--- a/docs/external.html
+++ b/docs/external.html
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@
         Cocoon Task
       </h4>
                         <p>This task allows the generation of static web pages and
-        sties using Apache Cocoon in off-line mode.</p>
+        sites using Apache Cocoon in off-line mode.</p>
                                 <p>It allows the configuration information for Cocoon to be
         included within the Ant build file, and is thus
         able to take advantage of Ant properties.</p>
diff --git a/xdocs/external.xml b/xdocs/external.xml
index 0fae4c305..6bf1d9c6f 100644
--- a/xdocs/external.xml
+++ b/xdocs/external.xml
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
 
       <subsection name="Cocoon Task">
         <p>This task allows the generation of static web pages and
-        sties using Apache Cocoon in off-line mode.</p>
+        sites using Apache Cocoon in off-line mode.</p>
         <p>It allows the configuration information for Cocoon to be
         included within the Ant build file, and is thus
         able to take advantage of Ant properties.</p>