diff --git a/docs/source/metric.rst b/docs/source/metric.rst
index ba65d8d..c1a53de 100644
--- a/docs/source/metric.rst
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@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
     |                 |                                                                     |
     |                 | One consequence is that Interests satisfied by an app will have     |
     |                 | even hop count (min hop count = 2), and Interests satisfied from    |
-    |                 | caches will have off hop count (min hop count = 1)                  |
+    |                 | caches will have odd hop count (min hop count = 1)                  |
     +-----------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
 .. _app delay trace helper example: