diff --git a/docs/guides/src/asciidoc/helloworld.asc b/docs/guides/src/asciidoc/helloworld.asc
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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ include::hello-includes/secure-the-application.asc[]
 
 === Registering Spring Security with the war
 
-We have created the Spring Security configuraiton, but we still need to register it with the war. This can be done using the following steps:
+We have created the Spring Security configuration, but we still need to register it with the war. This can be done using the following steps:
 
 * Navigate to the *Package Explorer* view
 * Right click the *org.springframework.security.samples.config* package within the *spring-security-samples-{starter-appname}* project