diff --git a/changelogs/client_server/newsfragments/1989.clarification b/changelogs/client_server/newsfragments/1989.clarification
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/changelogs/client_server/newsfragments/1989.clarification
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix various spelling mistakes throughout the specification.
diff --git a/specification/modules/end_to_end_encryption.rst b/specification/modules/end_to_end_encryption.rst
index 8d8a2d06..38a0a06b 100644
--- a/specification/modules/end_to_end_encryption.rst
+++ b/specification/modules/end_to_end_encryption.rst
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ Keys can be manually exported from one device to an encrypted file, copied to
 another device, and imported. The file is encrypted using a user-supplied
 passphrase, and is created as follows:
 
-1. Encode the sessions a JSON object, formatted as described in `Key export
+1. Encode the sessions as a JSON object, formatted as described in `Key export
    format`_.
 2. Generate a 512-bit key from the user-entered passphrase by computing
    `PBKDF2`_\(HMAC-SHA-512, passphrase, S, N, 512), where S is a 128-bit