diff --git a/spec/zot.txt b/spec/zot.txt
index ec439c02f..74a68c1e3 100644
--- a/spec/zot.txt
+++ b/spec/zot.txt
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ systems MAY reject foreign messages.
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 This section of the document is considered separate from the delivery 
-specification precding it and represents a different protocol, which is
+specification preceding it and represents a different protocol, which is
 currently incomplete. This will be split off into another document in the
 future, but is presented here as a synergistic component of the Zot network
 model.