diff --git a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
index 575a5a1ebc0..9da7b5403cc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ of :func:`connect`. There are three options:
 * Explicit: set *detect_types* to :const:`PARSE_COLNAMES`
 * Both: set *detect_types* to
   ``sqlite3.PARSE_DECLTYPES | sqlite3.PARSE_COLNAMES``.
-  Colum names take precedence over declared types.
+  Column names take precedence over declared types.
 
 The following example illustrates the implicit and explicit approaches: