diff --git a/docs/db-api.txt b/docs/db-api.txt
index 8c93cb78d4e..775913d6930 100644
--- a/docs/db-api.txt
+++ b/docs/db-api.txt
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ whose ``headline`` contains ``'Lennon'``::
 
     Blog.objects.filter(entry__headline__contains='Lennon')
 
-Escaping percent sings and underscores in LIKE statements
+Escaping percent signs and underscores in LIKE statements
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 The field lookups that equate to ``LIKE`` SQL statements (``iexact``,