diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuture.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuture.tex
index bd663688c04..12b131acd2e 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libfuture.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libfuture.tex
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 \end{itemize}
 
-Each statment in \file{__future__.py} is of the form:
+Each statement in \file{__future__.py} is of the form:
 
 \begin{verbatim}
 FeatureName = "_Feature(" OptionalRelease "," MandatoryRelease ","