diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst
index 1aeb2a5..6fa7176 100644
--- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst
+++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
                                         in a transmitted message). Must be the
                                         same number of bytes as the
                                         ``block_size`` of the cipher. Each time
-                                        someting is encrypted a new
+                                        something is encrypted a new
                                         ``initialization_vector`` should be
                                         generated. Do not reuse an
                                         ``initialization_vector`` with