fixed typo -- thanks Nick
diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
index 7ec159d..5fd17d2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
exist, a exception will be added in the list of errors raised in
a :exc:`Error` exception at the end of the copy process.
You can set the optional *ignore_dangling_symlinks* flag to true if you
- want to silent this exception.
+ want to silence this exception.
If *ignore* is given, it must be a callable that will receive as its
arguments the directory being visited by :func:`copytree`, and a list of its