diff --git a/pep-0721.rst b/pep-0721.rst
index a0bd6c6bd..a8aa95527 100644
--- a/pep-0721.rst
+++ b/pep-0721.rst
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Another consideration is ease of implementation for non-Python tools.
 Unpatched versions of Python
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-Tools are allowed to ignore this PEP when running on Python pithout tarfile
+Tools are allowed to ignore this PEP when running on Python without tarfile
 filters.
 
 The feature has been backported to all versions of Python supported by