diff --git a/changelog/68316.fixed.md b/changelog/68316.fixed.md
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+Fix typo ("crete" -> "create") in docstring example for `file.directory` state in `salt/states/file.py`.
diff --git a/salt/states/file.py b/salt/states/file.py
index 1bc08b613e34..37ce32500895 100644
--- a/salt/states/file.py
+++ b/salt/states/file.py
@@ -4264,7 +4264,7 @@ def directory(
     Because ``cmd.run`` has no way of communicating that it's creating a file,
     ``will_always_clean`` will remove the newly created file. Of course, every
     time the states run the same thing will happen - the
-    ``silly_way_of_creating_a_file`` will crete the file and
+    ``silly_way_of_creating_a_file`` will create the file and
     ``will_always_clean`` will always remove it. Over and over again, no matter
     how many times you run it.