diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 3f3b17d..aea3556 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ hostname:
     dest: string
 ```
 
-For each hostname entry, `path`, `port` and `dest` are optionnal and are assigned default values when missing:
+For each hostname entry, `path`, `port` and `dest` are optional and are assigned default values when missing:
 
 - `path` = "/"
 - `port` = default port