diff --git a/pcl_expect/__init__.py b/pcl_expect/__init__.py
index 30459a4ab3190388be6a125ecce0238c5a23ddfe..5bf383960e0f40e722396938ad6416d75373877d 100644
--- a/pcl_expect/__init__.py
+++ b/pcl_expect/__init__.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class Expectable:
         - buffer()   -- return the current contents of the buffer.
         - remove_first() -- remove the first N bytes from the buffer.
 
-       The followin attributes are set when a match occurs:
+       The following attributes are set when a match occurs:
 
         - match    -- A MatchObject from the re module.
         - consumed -- The string that was consumed by the re or