diff --git a/lib/Net/SMTP/TLS/ButMaintained.pm b/lib/Net/SMTP/TLS/ButMaintained.pm
index 5f1d05c..fafb7b0 100644
--- a/lib/Net/SMTP/TLS/ButMaintained.pm
+++ b/lib/Net/SMTP/TLS/ButMaintained.pm
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Hello - hostname used in the EHLO command
 
 Port - port to connect to the SMTP service (defaults to 25)
 
-Timeout - Timeout for inital socket connection (defaults to 5, passed directly to L<IO::Socket::INET>)
+Timeout - Timeout for initial socket connection (defaults to 5, passed directly to L<IO::Socket::INET>)
 
 User - username for SMTP AUTH