diff --git a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/recipes.adoc b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/recipes.adoc
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@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ You can find a sample that shows how to use this recipe at
 [[statemachine-recipes-tasks]]
 == Tasks
 
-The tasks recipe is a concept to run DAG (Directed Acrylic Graph) of `Runnable` instances that use
+The tasks recipe is a concept to run DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) of `Runnable` instances that use
 a state machine. This recipe has been developed from ideas introduced
 in <<statemachine-examples-tasks>> sample.