diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt
index 1f4d09f6cb..74e6b48f07 100644
--- a/docs/ref/databases.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ outputs a single ``CREATE INDEX`` statement.  However, if the database type
 for the field is either ``varchar`` or ``text`` (e.g., used by ``CharField``,
 ``FileField``, and ``TextField``), then Django will create
 an additional index that uses an appropriate `PostgreSQL operator class`_
-for the column.  The extra index is necessary to correctly perfrom
+for the column.  The extra index is necessary to correctly perform
 lookups that use the ``LIKE`` operator in their SQL, as is done with the
 ``contains`` and ``startswith`` lookup types.