diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex
index 77765fa..c4f3986 100644
--- a/gpl-lgpl.tex
+++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex
@@ -2557,7 +2557,7 @@ from other contributors must be provided to the contractor with the usual GPL
 freedoms.  Thus, GPLv3 permits users to convey covered works to contractors
 operating exclusively on the users' behalf, under the users' direction and
 control, and to require the contractors to keep the users' copyrighted
-changes confidential, but \texit{only if} the contractor is limited to acting
+changes confidential, but \textit{only if} the contractor is limited to acting
 on the users' behalf (just as the users' employees would have to act).
 
 The strict conditions in this ``contractors provision'' are needed so that it