diff --git a/bip-0157.mediawiki b/bip-0157.mediawiki
index 8b8d3bac25..7d145fc5af 100644
--- a/bip-0157.mediawiki
+++ b/bip-0157.mediawiki
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ with little risk of detection, which is unacceptable for some applications
 (such as Lightning Network clients) that must respond to certain on-chain
 events. Finally, honest nodes servicing BIP 37 light clients may incur
 significant I/O and CPU resource usage due to maliciously crafted Bloom filters,
-creating a denial-of-service (DoS) vector and disincentizing node operators from
+creating a denial-of-service (DoS) vector and disincentivizing node operators from
 supporting the
 protocol<ref>https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0111.mediawiki</ref>.