diff --git a/specification/application_service_api.rst b/specification/application_service_api.rst
index 87f15b00..602aaa92 100644
--- a/specification/application_service_api.rst
+++ b/specification/application_service_api.rst
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ Using ``/sync`` and ``/events``
 
 Application services wishing to use ``/sync`` or ``/events`` from the Client-Server
 API MUST do so with a virtual user (provide a ``user_id`` via the query string). It
-is expectected that the application service use the transactions pushed to it to
+is expected that the application service use the transactions pushed to it to
 handle events rather than syncing with the user implied by ``sender_localpart``.
 
 Event fields