diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d2d8c8..85e1424 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ can use the following:
 
     descendant::*[local-name() = "bar"]
 
-And if you want to specify an explici namespace URI, you can use this:
+And if you want to specify an explicit namespace URI, you can use this:
 
     descendant::*[local-name() = "bar" and namespace-uri() = "http://example.com"]