diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 0ed8f47b50..f01ce25080 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Use `` instead
| ``
| NONE, NORMAL, SAFE, FSYNC_SAFE, REPLICAS_SAFE, MAJORITY
-| W1, W2, W3, UNAKNOWLEDGED, AKNOWLEDGED, JOURNALED, MAJORITY
+| W1, W2, W3, UNACKNOWLEDGED, ACKNOWLEDGED, JOURNALED, MAJORITY
|===
.Removed XML Namespace Elements and Attributes: