diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/fsm.rst b/akka-docs/rst/scala/fsm.rst
index 9311d72ac4..c105e3cc8c 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/scala/fsm.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/scala/fsm.rst
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ The basic strategy is to declare the actor, mixing in the :class:`FSM` trait
 and specifying the possible states and data values as type parameters. Within
 the body of the actor a DSL is used for declaring the state machine:
 
- * :meth:`startsWith` defines the initial state and initial data
+ * :meth:`startWith` defines the initial state and initial data
  * then there is one :meth:`when(<state>) { ... }` declaration per state to be
    handled (could potentially be multiple ones, the passed
    :class:`PartialFunction` will be concatenated using :meth:`orElse`)