diff --git a/docs/topics/settings.rst b/docs/topics/settings.rst
index f4bbae42b..f767c5f94 100644
--- a/docs/topics/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/settings.rst
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ to do that you'll have to use one of the following methods:
 
    ``default`` is the value to return if no setting is found
 
-.. method:: Settings.getbool(name, deafult=Flse)
+.. method:: Settings.getbool(name, default=Flse)
 
    Get a setting value as a boolean. For example, both ``1`` and ``'1'``, and
    ``True`` return ``True``, while ``0``, ``'0'``, ``False`` and ``None``