diff --git a/.spelling b/.spelling
index fe01151..7f60aaa 100644
--- a/.spelling
+++ b/.spelling
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # markdown-spellcheck spelling configuration file
-# Format - lines begining # are comments
+# Format - lines beginning # are comments
 # global dictionary is at the start, file overrides afterwards
 # one word per line, to define a file override use ' - filename'
 # where filename is relative to this configuration file