diff --git a/docs/Doxyfile.in b/docs/Doxyfile.in
index 2f96e86..1216659 100644
--- a/docs/Doxyfile.in
+++ b/docs/Doxyfile.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PROJECT_NUMBER = "@PROJECT_VERSION@"
 # from the source code directly for some reason did not work with Doxygen and
 # using "EXPAND_AS_DEFINED = DEFINE_FIELD" also failed. As a workaround we here define
 # a simplified version of the macro as part of the PREDEFINED key to create a
-# simplified expansion of the macro for documentation purpuses
+# simplified expansion of the macro for documentation purposes
 MACRO_EXPANSION = YES
 PREDEFINED           += "DEFINE_FIELD(name, storageObjectType, default_type, fieldPath, description)=/** description */ template<typename VTYPE = default_type> inline std::unique_ptr<IO::ReadDataWrapper<storageObjectType, VTYPE>> name() const;"
 EXPAND_ONLY_PREDEF   = YES