diff --git a/docs/topics/email.txt b/docs/topics/email.txt
index 33564b6f19..15f44903ff 100644
--- a/docs/topics/email.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/email.txt
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ In-memory backend
 
 The ``'locmem'`` backend stores messages in a special attribute of the
 ``django.core.mail`` module. The ``outbox`` attribute is created when the
-first message is send. It's a list with an
+first message is sent. It's a list with an
 :class:`~django.core.mail.EmailMessage` instance for each message that would
 be send.