proofread Serial class doc
diff --git a/documentation/pyserial_api.rst b/documentation/pyserial_api.rst
index 5464b64..1b15762 100644
--- a/documentation/pyserial_api.rst
+++ b/documentation/pyserial_api.rst
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
- ``timeout = 0``: non-blocking mode (return immediately on read)
- ``timeout = x``: set timeout to ``x`` seconds (float allowed)
- Writes are blocking by default, unless *write_imeout* is set. For
+ Writes are blocking by default, unless *write_timeout* is set. For
possible values refer to the list for *timeout* above.
Note that enabling both flow control methods (*xonxoff* and *rtscts*)