diff --git a/docs/howto/writing-migrations.txt b/docs/howto/writing-migrations.txt
index 1e77434b95..f1dfc92d1f 100644
--- a/docs/howto/writing-migrations.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/writing-migrations.txt
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ If you've used the :djadmin:`makemigrations` command you've probably
 already seen ``dependencies`` in action because auto-created
 migrations have this defined as part of their creation process.
 
-The ``dependecies`` property is declared like this::
+The ``dependencies`` property is declared like this::
 
     from django.db import migrations