diff --git a/docs/devel/atomics.rst b/docs/devel/atomics.rst
index ff9b5ee30c885c488a234b1b7ca4d1bf1b15c4d1..b77c6e13e1858a775bac035ca754b8941c584b11 100644
--- a/docs/devel/atomics.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/atomics.rst
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ The only guarantees that you can rely upon in this case are:
   ordinary accesses instead cause data races if they are concurrent with
   other accesses of which at least one is a write.  In order to ensure this,
   the compiler will not optimize accesses out of existence, create unsolicited
-  accesses, or perform other similar optimzations.
+  accesses, or perform other similar optimizations.
 
 - acquire operations will appear to happen, with respect to the other
   components of the system, before all the LOAD or STORE operations