diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex
index 5c6599c..199b97f 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 Some notes on socket blocking and timeouts: A socket object can be in
-one of three modes: blocking, non-blocking, or timout.  Sockets are
+one of three modes: blocking, non-blocking, or timeout.  Sockets are
 always created in blocking mode.  In blocking mode, operations block
 until complete.  In non-blocking mode, operations fail (with an error
 that is unfortunately system-dependent) if they cannot be completed