diff --git a/docs/api/context.md b/docs/api/context.md
index 519e775..16ef4f8 100644
--- a/docs/api/context.md
+++ b/docs/api/context.md
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ this.throw('name required', 400)
 this.throw('something exploded')
 ```
 
-  For example `this.throw('name required', 400)` is requivalent to:
+  For example `this.throw('name required', 400)` is equivalent to:
 
 ```js
 var err = new Error('name required');