diff --git a/docs/1_intro/intro.rst b/docs/1_intro/intro.rst
index 8aa4ad2..51e3fba 100644
--- a/docs/1_intro/intro.rst
+++ b/docs/1_intro/intro.rst
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ At this point nothing will be displayed. In order to show anything, the function
 Switch the background color
 ---------------------------
 
-At the beginning of the program we add a new veriable ``background``
+At the beginning of the program we add a new variable ``background``
 and initialize it to gray::
 
     background = GRAY
@@ -349,4 +349,4 @@ This is what the ball and the ``Rect`` outline looks:
 Try to understand what the program does.
 Then try to modify it's parameters.
 
-:download:`intro6.py<intro6.py>`
\ No newline at end of file
+:download:`intro6.py<intro6.py>`