diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5872e90..4808e6f 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ DEVSERVER_MODULES = []
   A list of devserver modules to load.
 
 DEVSERVER_IGNORED_PREFIXES = ['/media', '/uploads']
-  A list of prefixes to surpress and skip process on. By default, ``ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX``, ``MEDIA_URL`` and ``STATIC_URL`` (for Django >= 1.3) will be ignored (assuming ``MEDIA_URL`` and ``STATIC_URL`` is relative)
+  A list of prefixes to suppress and skip process on. By default, ``ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX``, ``MEDIA_URL`` and ``STATIC_URL`` (for Django >= 1.3) will be ignored (assuming ``MEDIA_URL`` and ``STATIC_URL`` is relative)
 
 
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