diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 541039e..4833fab 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 0.3.0
 -----
 
-* New option --tranfer-sleep-lock gives lockers control over the inhibit delay.
+* New option --transfer-sleep-lock gives lockers control over the inhibit delay.
   Two bash scripts are included to use this with existing lockers. (Bumps
   required glib version from 2.30 to 2.32.)
 
diff --git a/doc/xss-lock.1.rst.in b/doc/xss-lock.1.rst.in
index 824dd0b..0c850b5 100644
--- a/doc/xss-lock.1.rst.in
+++ b/doc/xss-lock.1.rst.in
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Options
                 screen before locking. For an example, see the script
                 *@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/share/doc/xss-lock/dim-screen.sh*.
 
--l, --tranfer-sleep-lock
+-l, --transfer-sleep-lock
                 Allow the locker process to inherit the file descriptor that
                 represents the delay lock obtained from the login manager. The
                 corresponding index will be made available in the environment
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Examples
 
   .. note::
      A script is provided to use **i3lock**'s forking mode with the
-     ``--tranfer-sleep-lock`` option (see above).
+     ``--transfer-sleep-lock`` option (see above).
 
 See also
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