diff --git a/docs/tutorial/dbcon.rst b/docs/tutorial/dbcon.rst
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--- a/docs/tutorial/dbcon.rst
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@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ decorator.  It's executed every time the application context tears down::
 Functions marked with :meth:`~flask.Flask.teardown_appcontext` are called
 every time the app context tears down.  So what does this mean?
 Essentially the app context is created before the request comes in and is
-destroyed (teared down) whenever the request finishes.  A teardown can
+destroyed (torn down) whenever the request finishes.  A teardown can
 happen because of two reasons: either everything went well (the error
 parameter will be `None`) or an exception happened in which case the error
 is passed to the teardown function.