diff --git a/examples/complete_send.py b/examples/complete_send.py
index 08651b91..6c33a820 100644
--- a/examples/complete_send.py
+++ b/examples/complete_send.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ queue = Queue('kombu_demo', exchange, routing_key='kombu_demo')
 with Connection('amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672//') as connection:
 
     #: Producers are used to publish messages.
-    #: a default exchange and routing key can also be specifed
+    #: a default exchange and routing key can also be specified
     #: as arguments the Producer, but we rather specify this explicitly
     #: at the publish call.
     producer = Producer(connection)