diff --git a/doc/api/buffer.markdown b/doc/api/buffer.markdown
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--- a/doc/api/buffer.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/buffer.markdown
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ See `buffer.write()` example, above.
 ### buf.toJSON()
 
 Returns a JSON-representation of the Buffer instance, which is identical to the
-output for JSON Arrays. `JSON.stringify` implictly calls this function when
+output for JSON Arrays. `JSON.stringify` implicitly calls this function when
 stringifying a Buffer instance.
 
 Example: