diff --git a/doc/quickstart.rst b/doc/quickstart.rst
index 05b7a3ad42162fbb54a0a8aea70679a209807d80..3e943ba48d18ec79d5d2a8970f876cc8efeed220 100644
--- a/doc/quickstart.rst
+++ b/doc/quickstart.rst
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ and restart the docker service:
     systemctl daemon-reload
     systemctl restart docker
 
-For Ubuntu 14.04 which uses upstart insted of systemd, run the following:
+For Ubuntu 14.04 which uses upstart instead of systemd, run the following:
 
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