diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b813115..14efda6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ The main export is the `Gists` class. Start by creating an instance of `Gists`.
 const Gists = require('gists');
 const gists = new Gists({ username: 'your_username', password: '*******' });
 
-// all methods, when invoked, return a promise with this sigature
+// all methods, when invoked, return a promise with this signature
 gists.get(...args)
   .then(res => console.log(res.body))
   .catch(console.error);
@@ -460,4 +460,4 @@ Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
 
 ***
 
-_This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.6.0, on August 19, 2018._
\ No newline at end of file
+_This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.6.0, on August 19, 2018._