diff --git a/pep-0225.txt b/pep-0225.txt
index 4bde5a4b8..a1b04f2ca 100644
--- a/pep-0225.txt
+++ b/pep-0225.txt
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Proposed extension
       For example, __tadd__ and __rtadd__ work for ~+ just as __add__
       and __radd__ work for +.
 
-    - As with exiting operators, the __r*__() methods are invoked when
+    - As with existing operators, the __r*__() methods are invoked when
       the left operand does not provide the appropriate method.
 
     It is intended that one set of op or ~op is used for elementwise