diff --git a/docs/user/placeholders-understanding.rst b/docs/user/placeholders-understanding.rst
index 390ac1923..7e1525df4 100644
--- a/docs/user/placeholders-understanding.rst
+++ b/docs/user/placeholders-understanding.rst
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ remove the placeholder itself. A deleted placeholder can be restored by
 reapplying the layout.
 
 
-Placholders inherit
--------------------
+Placeholders inherit
+--------------------
 
 A placeholder appearing on a slide is only part of the overall placeholder
 mechanism. Placeholder behavior requires three different categories of