diff --git a/content/en/docs/concepts/configuration/configmap.md b/content/en/docs/concepts/configuration/configmap.md
index 613ff70ee5..d9889604ce 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/concepts/configuration/configmap.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/concepts/configuration/configmap.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ This lets you fetch a container image running in the cloud and
 debug the exact same code locally if needed.
 
 A ConfigMap is not designed to hold large chunks of data. The data stored in a
-ConfigMap cannot exeed 1 MiB. If you need to store settings that are
+ConfigMap cannot exceed 1 MiB. If you need to store settings that are
 larger than this limit, you may want to consider mounting a volume or use a
 separate database or file service.