diff --git a/content/en/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/authentication.md b/content/en/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/authentication.md
index 81be4a8dfb..296fd4d3a6 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/authentication.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/authentication.md
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ include metadata about the response.
 }
 ```
 
-The executed command is expected to print an `ExceCredential` to `stdout`. `k8s.io/client-go`
+The executed command is expected to print an `ExecCredential` to `stdout`. `k8s.io/client-go`
 will then use the returned bearer token in the `status` when authenticating against the
 Kubernetes API.