diff --git a/docs/source/settings.rst b/docs/source/settings.rst
index a02a89b7..c2b1294b 100644
--- a/docs/source/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/source/settings.rst
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ Pass variables to the execution environment. Ex.::
 
     $ gunicorn -b 127.0.0.1:8000 --env FOO=1 test:app
 
-and test for the foo variable environement in your application.
+and test for the foo variable environment in your application.
 
 pidfile
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