#4399: fix typo.
diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
index 8e920f8..0e37332 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@
All these classes can be instantiated by calling them with at least one
argument, the pathname of the shared library. If you have an existing handle to
-an already loaded shard library, it can be passed as the ``handle`` named
+an already loaded shared library, it can be passed as the ``handle`` named
parameter, otherwise the underlying platforms ``dlopen`` or :meth:`LoadLibrary`
function is used to load the library into the process, and to get a handle to
it.