diff --git a/docs/deploying.rst b/docs/deploying.rst
index 4e04ea1d..0f892f83 100644
--- a/docs/deploying.rst
+++ b/docs/deploying.rst
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Add a random value for the ``DATASETTE_SECRET`` - this will be used to sign Data
 
     $ python3 -c 'import secrets; print(secrets.token_hex(32))'
 
-This configuration will run Datasette against all database files contained in the ``/home/ubunt/datasette-root`` directory. If that directory contains a ``metadata.yml`` (or ``.json``) file or a ``templates/`` or ``plugins/`` sub-directory those will automatically be loaded by Datasette - see :ref:`config_dir` for details.
+This configuration will run Datasette against all database files contained in the ``/home/ubuntu/datasette-root`` directory. If that directory contains a ``metadata.yml`` (or ``.json``) file or a ``templates/`` or ``plugins/`` sub-directory those will automatically be loaded by Datasette - see :ref:`config_dir` for details.
 
 You can start the Datasette process running using the following::