diff --git a/api.rst b/api.rst
index 6c01c9358..bed486362 100644
--- a/api.rst
+++ b/api.rst
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ To delete rows in a table, use the DELETE verb plus :ref:`h_filter`. For instanc
 
 .. note::
 
-  Beware of accidentally delting all rows in a table. To learn to prevent that see :ref:`block_fulltable`.
+  Beware of accidentally deleting all rows in a table. To learn to prevent that see :ref:`block_fulltable`.
 
 OpenAPI Support
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