diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/docker-compose.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/docker-compose.adoc
index 248345a387..8722dd5f4c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/docker-compose.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/docker-compose.adoc
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ The following values are supported:
 
 * `none` - Do not start or stop Docker Compose
 * `start-only` - Start Docker Compose when the application starts and leave it running
-* `start-and-stop` - Start Docker Compose whe the application starts and stop it when the JVM exits
+* `start-and-stop` - Start Docker Compose when the application starts and stop it when the JVM exits
 
 In addition you can use the configprop:spring.docker.compose.start.command[] property to change whether `docker compose up` or `docker compose start` is used.
 The configprop:spring.docker.compose.stop.command[] allows you to configure if `docker compose down` or `docker compose stop` is used.