diff --git a/doc/examples/multi_taper_spectral_estimation.py b/doc/examples/multi_taper_spectral_estimation.py
index 4a43738d..dcc8b979 100644
--- a/doc/examples/multi_taper_spectral_estimation.py
+++ b/doc/examples/multi_taper_spectral_estimation.py
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ def dB(x, out=None):
 
 .. [Welch1967] P.D. Welch (1967), The use of the fast fourier transform for the
                estimation of power spectra: a method based on time averaging
-               over short modified periodograms. IEEE Transcations on Audio and
+               over short modified periodograms. IEEE Transactions on Audio and
                Electroacoustics.
 
 .. [Slepian1978] Slepian, D. Prolate spheroidal wave functions, Fourier