diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
index 077a205695a5c9..d1922aaf165a3a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ regular, non-variadic, function arguments:
 
    libc.printf.argtypes = [ctypes.c_char_p]
 
-Because specifying the attribute does inhibit portability it is adviced to always
+Because specifying the attribute does inhibit portability it is advised to always
 specify ``argtypes`` for all variadic functions.