diff --git a/Doc/install/pysetup.rst b/Doc/install/pysetup.rst
index f6f1f83..d472c24 100644
--- a/Doc/install/pysetup.rst
+++ b/Doc/install/pysetup.rst
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
        list: List installed projects
        graph: Display a graph
        create: Create a project
-       generate-setup: Generate a backward-comptatible setup.py
+       generate-setup: Generate a backward-compatible setup.py
 
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