diff --git a/docs/ref/files/storage.txt b/docs/ref/files/storage.txt
index ff175d122b..b9742514ea 100644
--- a/docs/ref/files/storage.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/files/storage.txt
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ The Storage Class
     .. method:: delete(name)
 
         Deletes the file referenced by ``name``. If deletion is not supported
-        on the targest storage system this will raise ``NotImplementedError``
+        on the target storage system this will raise ``NotImplementedError``
         instead
 
     .. method:: exists(name)