diff --git a/sphinx/quickstart.py b/sphinx/quickstart.py
index 3ddc0c6f7..9a60785b4 100644
--- a/sphinx/quickstart.py
+++ b/sphinx/quickstart.py
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ epub_copyright = copyright
 # The format is a list of tuples containing the path and title.
 #epub_pre_files = []
 
-# HTML files shat should be inserted after the pages created by sphinx.
+# HTML files that should be inserted after the pages created by sphinx.
 # The format is a list of tuples containing the path and title.
 #epub_post_files = []