diff --git a/docs/source/devguide/styleguide.rst b/docs/source/devguide/styleguide.rst
index 0ad4f37f5..19e44ec7f 100644
--- a/docs/source/devguide/styleguide.rst
+++ b/docs/source/devguide/styleguide.rst
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Python
 
 Style for Python code should follow PEP8_.
 
-Docstrings for functions and methods should follow nummpydoc_ style.
+Docstrings for functions and methods should follow numpydoc_ style.
 
 Python code should work with both Python 2.7+ and Python 3.0+.