diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 800be19..86f04ed 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ NOTE: rshell requires a fairly recent version of the MicroPython
 firmware, specifically one which contains the ubinascii.unhexlify
 command which was added May 19, 2015 (v1.4.3-28-ga3a14b9 or newer).
 
-If your verion of the firmware isn't new enough, then you'll see an
+If your version of the firmware isn't new enough, then you'll see an
 error message something like this:
 
 ::