diff --git a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 7ecf631fe..54e66d90f 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -3405,7 +3405,7 @@ class basic_json
     @return copy of the element at key @a key or @a default_value if @a key
     is not found
 
-    @throw type_error.306 if the JSON value is not an objec; in that case,
+    @throw type_error.306 if the JSON value is not an object; in that case,
     using `value()` with a key makes no sense.
 
     @complexity Logarithmic in the size of the container.
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index b7558aa5a..c9ef7581a 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -13046,7 +13046,7 @@ class basic_json
     @return copy of the element at key @a key or @a default_value if @a key
     is not found
 
-    @throw type_error.306 if the JSON value is not an objec; in that case,
+    @throw type_error.306 if the JSON value is not an object; in that case,
     using `value()` with a key makes no sense.
 
     @complexity Logarithmic in the size of the container.