diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index 07b34ec43..23af6417a 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ install `dnscontrol` in your `bin` directory.
 
 Create a directory where you'll be storing your configuration files.
 We highly recommend storing these files in a Git repo, but for
-simnple tests anything will do.
+simple tests anything will do.
 
 Note: Do **not** store your creds.json file in Git unencrypted.
 That is unsafe. In fact you should include `creds.json` in your