diff --git a/doc/python.rst b/doc/python.rst
index d205ab04..275ecbeb 100644
--- a/doc/python.rst
+++ b/doc/python.rst
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Three distinct use cases are supported:
    using one of the following invocations:
 
    - ``viewer.launch()`` launches an empty visualization session, where a model can be loaded by drag-and-drop.
-   - ``viewer.launch(model)`` launches a visualzation session for the given ``mjModel`` where the visualizer
+   - ``viewer.launch(model)`` launches a visualization session for the given ``mjModel`` where the visualizer
      internally creates its own instance of ``mjData``
    - ``viewer.launch(model, data)`` is the same as above, except that the visualizer operates directly on the given
      ``mjData`` instance -- upon exit the ``data`` object will have been modified.