diff --git a/guide/src/failures.md b/guide/src/failures.md
index 7dfceec..a97971d 100644
--- a/guide/src/failures.md
+++ b/guide/src/failures.md
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ functions and methods seen above but they deserve being seeing in details:
 
 ### `attempt` : failures as values.
 
-The method `attemp` transform an `IO[R,E,A]` into
+The method `attempt` transform an `IO[R,E,A]` into
 `IO[R,None,Result[E,A]]`. If the original computation is successful,
 the transformed one returns an `Ok(Ok(...))`. If the original computation fails
 on some errors, the transformed one returns `Ok(Errors(...))`.
@@ -563,4 +563,4 @@ Ok(success=5)
 Ok(success=12)
 >>> io.panic(Exception("BOOM!")).on_failure(lambda x: io.pure(12)).run(None)
 Ok(success=12)
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```