diff --git a/spanner/google/cloud/spanner_v1/snapshot.py b/spanner/google/cloud/spanner_v1/snapshot.py
index 2686c734988bb..23f65be7dbda4 100644
--- a/spanner/google/cloud/spanner_v1/snapshot.py
+++ b/spanner/google/cloud/spanner_v1/snapshot.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def read(self, table, columns, keyset, index='', limit=0):
                       table's primary key
 
         :type limit: int
-        :param limit: (Optional) maxiumn number of rows to return
+        :param limit: (Optional) maximum number of rows to return
 
         :rtype: :class:`~google.cloud.spanner_v1.streamed.StreamedResultSet`
         :returns: a result set instance which can be used to consume rows.