diff --git a/docs/guides/using-go-and-pgx.rst b/docs/guides/using-go-and-pgx.rst
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+++ b/docs/guides/using-go-and-pgx.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Using Go and pgx
 
 
 pgx is a pure Go driver and toolkit for PostgreSQL. It's become the default
-PostgreSQL package for many Gophers since lib/pq was put into maitience mode.
+PostgreSQL package for many Gophers since lib/pq was put into maintenance mode.
 
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 Getting started