diff --git a/doc/src/extras.rst b/doc/src/extras.rst
index aa316d2e..a44737ee 100644
--- a/doc/src/extras.rst
+++ b/doc/src/extras.rst
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ Fast execution helpers
 
 The current implementation of `~cursor.executemany()` is (using an extremely
 charitable understatement) not particularly performing. These functions can
-be used to speed up the repeated execution of a statement againts a set of
+be used to speed up the repeated execution of a statement against a set of
 parameters.  By reducing the number of server roundtrips the performance can be
 `orders of magnitude better`__ than using `!executemany()`.