diff --git a/doc/usage/restructuredtext/directives.rst b/doc/usage/restructuredtext/directives.rst
index 148a0a4d7..56d1c4826 100644
--- a/doc/usage/restructuredtext/directives.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/restructuredtext/directives.rst
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ __ http://pygments.org/docs/lexers/
    .. rst:directive:option:: emphasized-lines: line numbers
       :type: comma separated numbers
 
-      Empahsize particular lines of the code block::
+      Emphasize particular lines of the code block::
 
        .. code-block:: python
           :emphasize-lines: 3,5