diff --git a/Doc/library/contextlib.rst b/Doc/library/contextlib.rst
--- a/Doc/library/contextlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/contextlib.rst
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 
 .. function:: ignored(*exceptions)
 
-   Return a context manager that ignores the specified expections if they
+   Return a context manager that ignores the specified exceptions if they
    occur in the body of a with-statement.
 
    For example::