diff --git a/docs/admin/bootstrap-tokens.md b/docs/admin/bootstrap-tokens.md
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@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ commands.
 
 In addition to authentication, the tokens can be used to sign a ConfigMap.  This
 is used early in a cluster bootstrap process before the client trusts the API
-server.  The signed ConfigMap can be authenicated by the shared token.
+server.  The signed ConfigMap can be authenticated by the shared token.
 
 The ConfigMap that is signed is `cluster-info` in the `kube-public` namespace.
 The typical flow is that a client reads this ConfigMap while unauthenticated and