diff --git a/django/core/files/base.py b/django/core/files/base.py
index 0c6109f1b4..a27d363658 100644
--- a/django/core/files/base.py
+++ b/django/core/files/base.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class File(FileProxyMixin):
 
     def chunks(self, chunk_size=None):
         """
-        Read the file and yield chucks of ``chunk_size`` bytes (defaults to
+        Read the file and yield chunks of ``chunk_size`` bytes (defaults to
         ``UploadedFile.DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE``).
         """
         if not chunk_size: