diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/architecture.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/architecture.adoc
index c9ce30d52f8..e0006488db5 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/architecture.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/architecture.adoc
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Assuming that no other `SecurityFilterChain` instances match, `SecurityFilterCha
 // FIXME: add link to pattern matching
 
 Notice that `SecurityFilterChain~0~` has only three security `Filter` instances configured.
-However, `SecurityFilterChain~n~` has four security `Filter` instanes configured.
+However, `SecurityFilterChain~n~` has four security `Filter` instances configured.
 It is important to note that each `SecurityFilterChain` can be unique and can be configured in isolation.
 In fact, a `SecurityFilterChain` might have zero security `Filter` instances if the application wants Spring Security to ignore certain requests.
 // FIXME: add link to configuring multiple `SecurityFilterChain` instances