diff --git a/atoml/container.py b/atoml/container.py
index 0ee1519..9189cf4 100644
--- a/atoml/container.py
+++ b/atoml/container.py
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ def setdefault(self, key: Union[Key, str], default: Any) -> Any:
 
 
 def ends_with_withespace(it: Any) -> bool:
-    """Returns ``True`` if the given item ``it`` is a ``Table`` ot ``AoT`` object
+    """Returns ``True`` if the given item ``it`` is a ``Table`` or ``AoT`` object
     ending with a ``Whitespace``.
     """
     return (