diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c89f3bd..2d30b97 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ unset($a);
echo $dom; // '
');
```
-You can modify the text of `TextNode` objects easely. Please note that, if you set an encoding, the new text will be encoded using the existing encoding.
+You can modify the text of `TextNode` objects easily. Please note that, if you set an encoding, the new text will be encoded using the existing encoding.
```php
use PHPHtmlParser\Dom;