diff --git a/exercises/exercise-runtimeparams/README.md b/exercises/exercise-runtimeparams/README.md
index b6fd11b2ffd37ce1bfed8a16077d64a54c07870f..d800c62dc3d24a282e7c5cbf7febcf280f7aec1c 100644
--- a/exercises/exercise-runtimeparams/README.md
+++ b/exercises/exercise-runtimeparams/README.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ values[Indices::conti0EqIdx + FluidSystem::H2OIdx] = 0.0;
 This parameter may need to change, and if we choose to always change this within the class,
 we will need to recompile every time.
 
-Instead of hard defining this parameter within the funciton, we can set a variable to read into our parameter tree via the input file and use this in our function instead.
+Instead of hard defining this parameter within the function, we can set a variable to read into our parameter tree via the input file and use this in our function instead.
 To do this, there are two functions defined in `dumux/dumux/common/parameters.hh`, `getParam()` and `getParamFromGroup()`.  They use the following format:
 
 ```c++