diff --git a/pep-0697.rst b/pep-0697.rst
index 951589b8e48..923f0280a5d 100644
--- a/pep-0697.rst
+++ b/pep-0697.rst
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ In CPython, this function will be defined as:
        return (char *)obj + _align(cls->tp_base->tp_basicsize);
    }
 
-Another function will be added to retreive the size of this memory area:
+Another function will be added to retrieve the size of this memory area:
 
 .. code-block:: c