diff --git a/pep-0558.rst b/pep-0558.rst
index ebf807e87..1dfaf7f41 100644
--- a/pep-0558.rst
+++ b/pep-0558.rst
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ are rather quirky due to historical implementation details:
   to the exact same dictionary
 * the two common calls to the reverse operation, ``PyFrame_LocalsToFast``, were
   removed in the migration to Python 3: ``exec`` is no longer a statement (and
-  hence can longer affect function local namespaces), and the compiler now
+  hence can no longer affect function local namespaces), and the compiler now
   disallows the use of ``from module import *`` operations at function scope
 * however, two obscure calling paths remain: ``PyFrame_LocalsToFast`` is called
   as part of returning from a trace function (which allows debuggers to make