diff --git a/doctrine/reverse_engineering.rst b/doctrine/reverse_engineering.rst
index 50274e0f5bc..57559479cbc 100644
--- a/doctrine/reverse_engineering.rst
+++ b/doctrine/reverse_engineering.rst
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ The generated PHP classes now have properties and annotation metadata, but they
 do *not* have any getter or setter methods. If you generated XML or YAML metadata,
 you don't even have the PHP classes!
 
-To generate the missing getter/setter methods (or to *create* the classes if neceesary),
+To generate the missing getter/setter methods (or to *create* the classes if necessary),
 run:
 
 .. code-block:: terminal