diff --git a/docs/releases/2.1.txt b/docs/releases/2.1.txt
index 2c1f199577..c0bd207445 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.1.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/2.1.txt
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ Miscellaneous
 
 * The ``multiple`` attribute rendered by the
   :class:`~django.forms.SelectMultiple` widget now uses HTML5 boolean syntax
-  rather than XHTML's ``mulitple="multiple"``.
+  rather than XHTML's ``multiple="multiple"``.
 
 .. _deprecated-features-2.1: