diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst b/lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst
index df9a3901bf..a42d941791 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ More than one spec may be placed on the command line here.
 Module Commands for Shell Scripts
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-Although Spack is flexbile, the ``module`` command is much faster.
+Although Spack is flexible, the ``module`` command is much faster.
 This could become an issue when emitting a series of ``spack load``
 commands inside a shell script.  By adding the ``--shell`` flag,
 ``spack module find`` may also be used to generate code that can be