Fix typo in README

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a364353..c596215 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The `decode()` function can raise other exceptions, e.g. for invalid issuer or a
 ```python
 try:
     payload = jwt.decode('someJWTstring')
-exception jwt.InvalidTokenError:
+except jwt.InvalidTokenError:
     pass  # do something sensible here, e.g. return HTTP 403 status code
 ```