diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt
index f8b3cf2646..5c73ba3242 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ should be the innermost decorator).
 View needs protection for one path
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-A view needs CRSF protection under one set of conditions only, and mustn't have
+A view needs CSRF protection under one set of conditions only, and mustn't have
 it for the rest of the time.
 
 Solution: use :func:`~django.views.decorators.csrf.csrf_exempt` for the whole