diff --git a/library/files/template b/library/files/template
index 55eeed3dade..5ed76d0abe4 100644
--- a/library/files/template
+++ b/library/files/template
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ options:
 examples:
    - code: "template: src=/mytemplates/foo.j2 dest=/etc/file.conf owner=bin group=wheel mode=0644"
      description: "Example from Ansible Playbooks"
-   - code: "action: temlpate src=/mine/sudoers dest=/etc/sudoers validate='visudo -c %s'"
+   - code: "action: template src=/mine/sudoers dest=/etc/sudoers validate='visudo -c %s'"
      description: "Copy a new C(sudoers) file into place, after passing validation with visudo"
 notes:
   - Since Ansible version 0.9, templates are loaded with C(trim_blocks=True).