diff --git a/docs/source/user/python-api.rst b/docs/source/user/python-api.rst
index ed7e5e5..f51b146 100644
--- a/docs/source/user/python-api.rst
+++ b/docs/source/user/python-api.rst
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namely
 .. warning::
 
     These are not *perfectly* backwards compatible. Not all arguments are
-    respsected, and some of the types necessary for something to work have
+    respected, and some of the types necessary for something to work have
     changed.
 
 Most people, we observed, were using