diff --git a/Doc/c-api/sys.rst b/Doc/c-api/sys.rst
index 2091da6..7d870a8 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/sys.rst
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
    functions may be called from different runtimes, this pointer should not
    refer directly to Python state.
 
-   See :pep:`578` for a detailed decription of auditing. Functions in the
+   See :pep:`578` for a detailed description of auditing. Functions in the
    runtime and standard library that raise events include the details in each
    function's documentation.