diff --git a/docs/charts.md b/docs/charts.md
index 91ead584f..8722e6862 100644
--- a/docs/charts.md
+++ b/docs/charts.md
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ considerations in mind:
 - The `Chart.yaml` will be overwritten by the generator.
 - Users will expect to modify such a chart's contents, so documentation
   should indicate how users can do so.
-- All occurances of `<CHARTNAME>` will be replaced with the specified chart
+- All occurences of `<CHARTNAME>` will be replaced with the specified chart
   name so that starter charts can be used as templates.
 
 Currently the only way to add a chart to `$HELM_HOME/starters` is to manually