diff --git a/docs/tutorial.rst b/docs/tutorial.rst
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@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ Filtering Datasets with Tags
 .. versionadded:: 0.9.0
 
 
-When constructing a :class:`Dataset` object, you can add tags to rows by speficying the ``tags`` parameter. 
+When constructing a :class:`Dataset` object, you can add tags to rows by specifying the ``tags`` parameter. 
 This allows you to filter your :class:`Dataset` later. This can be useful so seperate rows of data based on 
 arbitrary criteria (*e.g.* origin) that you don't want to include in your :class:`Dataset`.