diff --git a/doc/source/dsintro.rst b/doc/source/dsintro.rst
index 5cd5c60bbeb29..362ef8ef7d7fb 100644
--- a/doc/source/dsintro.rst
+++ b/doc/source/dsintro.rst
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ We will address array-based indexing in a separate :ref:`section <indexing>`.
 Series is dict-like
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-A Series is alike a fixed-size dict in that you can get and set values by index
+A Series is like a fixed-size dict in that you can get and set values by index
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 .. ipython :: python