diff --git a/src/basic-syntax.md b/src/basic-syntax.md
index 3bbf8326..e10850c5 100644
--- a/src/basic-syntax.md
+++ b/src/basic-syntax.md
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ Much of the Rust syntax will be familiar to you from C or C++:
 * Line comments are started with `//`, block comments are delimited by `/* ...
   */`.
 * Keywords like `if` and `while` work the same.
-* Variable assigment is done with `=`, comparison is done with `==`.
+* Variable assignment is done with `=`, comparison is done with `==`.