diff --git a/Doc/library/dataclasses.rst b/Doc/library/dataclasses.rst
index 9e3c792fd106c7..acfd13a712b99b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/dataclasses.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/dataclasses.rst
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ parameters to the generated :meth:`__init__` method, and are passed to
 the optional :meth:`__post_init__` method.  They are not otherwise used
 by dataclasses.
 
-For example, suppose a field will be initialzed from a database, if a
+For example, suppose a field will be initialized from a database, if a
 value is not provided when creating the class::
 
   @dataclass