diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/padata.rst b/Documentation/core-api/padata.rst
index 35175710b43c..05b73c6c105f 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/padata.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/padata.rst
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ padata_shells associated with it, each allowing a separate series of jobs.
 Modifying cpumasks
 ------------------
 
-The CPUs used to run jobs can be changed in two ways, programatically with
+The CPUs used to run jobs can be changed in two ways, programmatically with
 padata_set_cpumask() or via sysfs.  The former is defined::
 
     int padata_set_cpumask(struct padata_instance *pinst, int cpumask_type,