diff --git a/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst b/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst
index e76ff64a9e..68703fef4a 100644
--- a/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst
+++ b/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst
@@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ To get the difference of 2 lists (items in 1 that don't exist in 2)::
 
     {{ list1 |difference(list2)}}
 
-To get the symetric difference of 2 lists (items exclusive to each list)::
+To get the symmetric difference of 2 lists (items exclusive to each list)::
 
-    {{ list1 |symetric_difference(list2)}}
+    {{ list1 |symmetric_difference(list2)}}
 
 .. _other_useful_filters: