diff --git a/fastapi/security/api_key.py b/fastapi/security/api_key.py
index b74a017f1..d68bdb037 100644
--- a/fastapi/security/api_key.py
+++ b/fastapi/security/api_key.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class APIKeyQuery(APIKeyBase):
             Doc(
                 """
                 By default, if the query parameter is not provided, `APIKeyQuery` will
-                automatically cancel the request and sebd the client an error.
+                automatically cancel the request and send the client an error.
 
                 If `auto_error` is set to `False`, when the query parameter is not
                 available, instead of erroring out, the dependency result will be