diff --git a/docs/db-api.txt b/docs/db-api.txt
index 4e1c2c5791..3202bd4f9f 100644
--- a/docs/db-api.txt
+++ b/docs/db-api.txt
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ and then converted into a query using the ``query`` attribute::
 
 This queryset will be evaluated as subselect statement::
 
-    SELET ... WHERE blog.id IN (SELECT id FROM ... WHERE NAME LIKE '%Cheddar%')
+    SELECT ... WHERE blog.id IN (SELECT id FROM ... WHERE NAME LIKE '%Cheddar%')
 
 startswith
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