diff --git a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
index 4ae4b4dcff6..b2a648a418f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ Cursor Objects
       This is a nonstandard convenience method for executing multiple SQL statements
       at once. It issues a ``COMMIT`` statement first, then executes the SQL script it
       gets as a parameter.  This method disregards :attr:`isolation_level`; any
-      transation control must be added to *sql_script*.
+      transaction control must be added to *sql_script*.
 
       *sql_script* can be an instance of :class:`str`.