diff --git a/chapter1/fundamentals_code.ipynb b/chapter1/fundamentals_code.ipynb
index b5720707..2e0fd9bc 100644
--- a/chapter1/fundamentals_code.ipynb
+++ b/chapter1/fundamentals_code.ipynb
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
     "In FEniCSx, we do not specify boundary conditions as part of the function space,\n",
     "so it is sufficient to use a common space for the trial and test function.\n",
     "\n",
-    "We use the {py:mod}`Unified Form Language<ufl>` (UFL) to specify the varitional formulations.\n",
+    "We use the {py:mod}`Unified Form Language<ufl>` (UFL) to specify the variational formulations.\n",
     "See {cite}`fundamentals-ufl2014` for more details."
    ]
   },