diff --git a/Doc/library/configparser.rst b/Doc/library/configparser.rst
index 16c8219..4b1e7a0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/configparser.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/configparser.rst
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 Configuration files may include comments, prefixed by specific characters (``#``
 and ``;``).  Comments may appear on their own in an otherwise empty line, or may
-be entered in lines holding values or spection names.  In the latter case, they
+be entered in lines holding values or section names.  In the latter case, they
 need to be preceded by a whitespace character to be recognized as a comment.
 (For backwards compatibility, only ``;`` starts an inline comment, while ``#``
 does not.)