diff --git a/akka-docs/java/typed-actors.rst b/akka-docs/java/typed-actors.rst
index 90bdc5616c..6ad870b309 100644
--- a/akka-docs/java/typed-actors.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/java/typed-actors.rst
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Methods returning:
   * ``void`` will be dispatched with ``fire-and-forget`` semantics, exactly like ``ActorRef.tell``
   * ``akka.dispatch.Future<?>`` will use ``send-request-reply`` semantics, exactly like ``ActorRef.ask``
   * ``scala.Option<?>`` or ``akka.japi.Option<?>`` will use ``send-request-reply`` semantics, but *will* block to wait for an answer,
-    and return None if no answer was produced within the timout, or scala.Some/akka.japi.Some containing the result otherwise.
+    and return None if no answer was produced within the timeout, or scala.Some/akka.japi.Some containing the result otherwise.
     Any exception that was thrown during this call will be rethrown.
   * Any other type of value will use ``send-request-reply`` semantics, but *will* block to wait for an answer,
     throwing ``java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException`` if there was a timeout or rethrow any exception that was thrown during this call.