diff --git a/redis/sdks/ratelimit-ts/gettingstarted.mdx b/redis/sdks/ratelimit-ts/gettingstarted.mdx
index 1c684847..79a27930 100644
--- a/redis/sdks/ratelimit-ts/gettingstarted.mdx
+++ b/redis/sdks/ratelimit-ts/gettingstarted.mdx
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ When we use ratelimit in a serverless environment like CloudFlare Workers or Ver
 we need to be careful about making sure that the rate limiting operations complete correctly
 before the runtime ends after returning the response.
 
-This is important in two cases where we do some operations in the backgroung asynchronously after `limit` is called:
+This is important in two cases where we do some operations in the background asynchronously after `limit` is called:
 
 1. Using MultiRegion: synchronize Redis instances in different regions
 2. Enabling analytics: send analytics to Redis