diff --git a/pycbc/future.py b/pycbc/future.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/pycbc/future.py
+++ b/pycbc/future.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #
 # =============================================================================
 #
-"""This file contains backported functionality from future versions of librarays.
+"""This file contains backported functionality from future versions of libraries.
 Mostly done with monkey-patching.
 """
Fix typo in pycbc.futures module docstring.