diff --git a/lib/ansible/parsing/plugin_docs.py b/lib/ansible/parsing/plugin_docs.py
index 73c69e11597..0e3ec839750 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/parsing/plugin_docs.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/parsing/plugin_docs.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def read_docstring_from_python_file(filename, verbose=True, ignore_errors=True):
                                 # string should be yaml if already not a dict
                                 data[varkey] = AnsibleLoader(child.value.s, file_name=filename).get_single_data()
 
-                        display.debug('Documenation assigned: %s' % varkey)
+                        display.debug('Documentation assigned: %s' % varkey)
 
     except Exception as e:
         msg = "Unable to parse documentation in python file '%s': %s" % (filename, to_native(e))