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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst
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Block ciphers require that plaintext or ciphertext always be a multiple of
their block size, because of that **padding** is often required to make a
message the correct size. ``CipherContext`` will not automatically apply
- any padding; you'll need to add your own. For block ciphers the reccomended
+ any padding; you'll need to add your own. For block ciphers the recommended
padding is :class:`cryptography.hazmat.primitives.padding.PKCS7`. If you
are using a stream cipher mode (such as
:class:`cryptography.hazmat.primitives.modes.CTR`) you don't have to worry