diff --git a/CONVENTIONS.md b/CONVENTIONS.md
index 55d34d2..5b8c06d 100644
--- a/CONVENTIONS.md
+++ b/CONVENTIONS.md
@@ -246,4 +246,4 @@ It is clearly documented that when using the octal notation a leading 0 must be
 * `mode: "0755"` → Good
 * `mode: "1777"` → Good
 
-This is most probably due to the way Python deals with numeric values and cotal vs. decimal based integers. The String type guarantees that the proper value is used.
+This is most probably due to the way Python deals with numeric values and octal vs. decimal based integers. The String type guarantees that the proper value is used.