diff --git a/source/api/directives.md b/source/api/directives.md
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--- a/source/api/directives.md
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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ order: 6
 
 Updates the element's `textContent`.
 
-Internally, {{ Mustache }} interpolations are also compiled as a `v-text` direcitve on a textNode.
+Internally, {{ Mustache }} interpolations are also compiled as a `v-text` directive on a textNode.
 
 ### v-html