diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
index 630d279174f..b72bdb4aba6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ module instead of using :func:`find_library` to locate the library at runtime.
 Loading shared libraries
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-There are several ways to loaded shared libraries into the Python process.  One
+There are several ways to load shared libraries into the Python process.  One
 way is to instantiate one of the following classes: