diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/tutorials/kubernetes_101/module5.md b/site/content/en/docs/tutorials/kubernetes_101/module5.md
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@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Two important columns of this command are:
 - *DESIRED* displays the desired number of replicas of the application, which you define when you create the Deployment. This is the desired state.
 - *CURRENT* displays how many replicas are currently running.
 
-Next, let's scan the Deployment to 4 replicas. We'll use the `kubectl scale` command, following by the deployment type, name and desired number of instances:
+Next, let's scale the Deployment to 4 replicas. We'll use the `kubectl scale` command, following by the deployment type, name and desired number of instances:
 
 ```shell
 kubectl scale deployments/kubernetes-bootcamp --replicas=4