diff --git a/getting_started/scripting/gdscript/gdscript_advanced.rst b/getting_started/scripting/gdscript/gdscript_advanced.rst
index 53491a3dd..26470cc43 100644
--- a/getting_started/scripting/gdscript/gdscript_advanced.rst
+++ b/getting_started/scripting/gdscript/gdscript_advanced.rst
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Pointers & referencing:
 
 In static languages such as C or C++ (and to some extent Java and C#),
 there is a distinction between a variable and a pointer/reference to a
-variable. The later allows the object to be modified by other functions
+variable. The latter allows the object to be modified by other functions
 by passing a reference to the original one.
 
 In C# or Java, everything not a built-in type (int, float, sometimes