diff --git a/docs/reference/search/suggesters/phrase-suggest.asciidoc b/docs/reference/search/suggesters/phrase-suggest.asciidoc
index dd93f084c0e..c84c6e41cd9 100644
--- a/docs/reference/search/suggesters/phrase-suggest.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/search/suggesters/phrase-suggest.asciidoc
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ POST test/_search
 }
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-The response contains suggestions scored by the most likely spell correction first. In this case we received the expected correction "nobel prize".
+The response contains suggestions scored by the most likely spelling correction first. In this case we received the expected correction "nobel prize".
 
 [source,console-result]
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