diff --git a/sphinx/quickstart.py b/sphinx/quickstart.py
index c69681d1fa..f7a6731dcb 100644
--- a/sphinx/quickstart.py
+++ b/sphinx/quickstart.py
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ 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 = []