diff --git a/src/Doc/sphinx/index.rst b/src/Doc/sphinx/index.rst
index 533e246fd..12c74eb1d 100644
--- a/src/Doc/sphinx/index.rst
+++ b/src/Doc/sphinx/index.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 FreeCAD python API documentation
 ================================
 
-This is the complete python API reference of the FreeCAD appication
+This is the complete python API reference of the FreeCAD application
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 4