diff --git a/Doc/library/datetime.rst b/Doc/library/datetime.rst
index 308a646ebce..099627647dd 100644
--- a/Doc/library/datetime.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/datetime.rst
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ Example:
 :class:`tzinfo` Objects
 -----------------------
 
-:class:`tzinfo` is an abstract base clase, meaning that this class should not be
+:class:`tzinfo` is an abstract base class, meaning that this class should not be
 instantiated directly.  You need to derive a concrete subclass, and (at least)
 supply implementations of the standard :class:`tzinfo` methods needed by the
 :class:`datetime` methods you use.  The :mod:`datetime` module does not supply