diff --git a/docs/getting-started.rst b/docs/getting-started.rst
index 030333d455..62cd4e8b3a 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.rst
+++ b/docs/getting-started.rst
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Finally, we can exit the instance and destroy it with:
 Run a full test sequence
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-Molecule provides commands for manually managing the lifecyle of the instance,
+Molecule provides commands for manually managing the lifecycle of the instance,
 scenario, development and testing tools. However, we can also tell Molecule to
 manage this automatically within a :ref:`root_scenario` sequence.