diff --git a/content/tutorial-deep-learning-on-mnist.md b/content/tutorial-deep-learning-on-mnist.md
index 5bf59f4a..5d32ee85 100644
--- a/content/tutorial-deep-learning-on-mnist.md
+++ b/content/tutorial-deep-learning-on-mnist.md
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ for fname in data_sources.values():
     if not os.path.exists(fpath):
         print("Downloading file: " + fname)
         resp = requests.get(base_url + fname, stream=True, **request_opts)
-        resp.raise_for_status()  # Ensure download was succesful
+        resp.raise_for_status()  # Ensure download was successful
         with open(fpath, "wb") as fh:
             for chunk in resp.iter_content(chunk_size=128):
                 fh.write(chunk)