diff --git a/docs/libraries/slate-react.md b/docs/libraries/slate-react.md
index 485b580ea..fe5c77468 100644
--- a/docs/libraries/slate-react.md
+++ b/docs/libraries/slate-react.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function MyEditor() {
     // Implement custom event logic...
 
     // No matter the status of the event, treat event as *not* being handled by
-    // returning false, Slate will exectue its own event handler afterward
+    // returning false, Slate will execute its own event handler afterward
     return false;
   };