diff --git a/docs/assembly.rst b/docs/assembly.rst
index 5015a18bb..99279a3e8 100644
--- a/docs/assembly.rst
+++ b/docs/assembly.rst
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ usual ``//`` and ``/* */`` comments. There is one exception: Identifiers in inli
 these curly braces, you can use the following (see the later sections for more details):
 
  - literals, i.e. ``0x123``, ``42`` or ``"abc"`` (strings up to 32 characters)
- - opcodes in functional style, e.g. ``add(1, mlod(0))``
+ - opcodes in functional style, e.g. ``add(1, mload(0))``
  - variable declarations, e.g. ``let x := 7``, ``let x := add(y, 3)`` or ``let x`` (initial value of empty (0) is assigned)
  - identifiers (assembly-local variables and externals if used as inline assembly), e.g. ``add(3, x)``, ``sstore(x_slot, 2)``
  - assignments, e.g. ``x := add(y, 3)``