diff --git a/site/_docs/upgrading/2-to-3.md b/site/_docs/upgrading/2-to-3.md
index 4a2c638f..8a29ae08 100644
--- a/site/_docs/upgrading/2-to-3.md
+++ b/site/_docs/upgrading/2-to-3.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ generate when running `jekyll build` or `jekyll serve`.
 
 ### Layout metadata
 
-Introducing: `layout`. In Jekyll 2 and below, any metadata in the layout was munged onto
+Introducing: `layout`. In Jekyll 2 and below, any metadata in the layout was merged onto
 the `page` variable in Liquid. This caused a lot of confusion in the way the data was
 merged and some unexpected behaviour. In Jekyll 3, all layout data is accessible via `layout`
 in Liquid. For example, if your layout has `class: my-layout` in its YAML front matter,