diff --git a/modules.html b/modules.html
index 0a104703c29..fe5870f1e75 100644
--- a/modules.html
+++ b/modules.html
@@ -1732,7 +1732,7 @@ will let you know when it is required.</p>
 <tr class="row-even"><td>policy</td>
 <td>yes</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
-<td>name of the SELinux policy to use (example: &#8216;targetted&#8217;)</td>
+<td>name of the SELinux policy to use (example: &#8216;targeted&#8217;)</td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="row-odd"><td>state</td>
 <td>yes</td>
@@ -1747,8 +1747,8 @@ will let you know when it is required.</p>
 </tbody>
 </table>
 <p>Example from Ansible <a class="reference internal" href="playbooks.html"><em>Playbooks</em></a>:</p>
-<div class="highlight-python"><pre>selinux policy=targetted state=enforcing
-selinux policy=targetted state=disabled</pre>
+<div class="highlight-python"><pre>selinux policy=targeted state=enforcing
+selinux policy=targeted state=disabled</pre>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="section" id="setup">
@@ -2368,4 +2368,4 @@ yum name=httpd state=installed</pre>
   </div>
 </footer>
   </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/rst/modules/selinux.rst b/rst/modules/selinux.rst
index 0cfce234d14..04b8d50ab1b 100644
--- a/rst/modules/selinux.rst
+++ b/rst/modules/selinux.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ will let you know when it is required.
 +--------------------+----------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | parameter          | required | default             | comments                                                                   |
 +====================+==========+=====================+============================================================================+
-| policy             | yes      |                     | name of the SELinux policy to use (example: 'targetted')                   |
+| policy             | yes      |                     | name of the SELinux policy to use (example: 'targeted')                   |
 +--------------------+----------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | state              | yes      |                     | the SELinux mode.  'enforcing', 'permissive', or 'disabled'                |
 +--------------------+----------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ will let you know when it is required.
 
 Example from Ansible :doc:`playbooks`::
 
-    selinux policy=targetted state=enforcing
-    selinux policy=targetted state=disabled
+    selinux policy=targeted state=enforcing
+    selinux policy=targeted state=disabled