diff --git a/pep-0287.txt b/pep-0287.txt
index af790a53e..c6e48901b 100644
--- a/pep-0287.txt
+++ b/pep-0287.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ what-you-see-is-what-you-get plaintext markup syntax.
 
 Only the low-level syntax of docstrings is addressed here.  This PEP
 is not concerned with docstring semantics or processing at all (see
-PEP 256 for a "Road Map to the Doctring PEPs").  Nor is it an attempt
+PEP 256 for a "Road Map to the Docstring PEPs").  Nor is it an attempt
 to deprecate pure plaintext docstrings, which are always going to be
 legitimate.  The reStructuredText markup is an alternative for those
 who want more expressive docstrings.