diff --git a/python/figurewidget-app.md b/python/figurewidget-app.md
index 7e1632401..670e82a1b 100644
--- a/python/figurewidget-app.md
+++ b/python/figurewidget-app.md
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ origin = widgets.Dropdown(
 )
 
 
-# Assign an emptry figure widget with two traces
+# Assign an empty figure widget with two traces
 trace1 = go.Histogram(x=df['arr_delay'], opacity=0.75, name='Arrival Delays')
 trace2 = go.Histogram(x=df['dep_delay'], opacity=0.75, name='Departure Delays')
 g = go.FigureWidget(data=[trace1, trace2],
@@ -165,4 +165,4 @@ widgets.VBox([container,
 
 ```python
 help(go.FigureWidget)
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```