diff --git a/content/developer/reference/external_api.rst b/content/developer/reference/external_api.rst
index 7859ef31fd..bf76a6c2a1 100644
--- a/content/developer/reference/external_api.rst
+++ b/content/developer/reference/external_api.rst
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ db (database) and object. All three services are deprecated.
 Common service
 --------------
 
-The common service defines 3 fonctions:
+The common service defines 3 functions:
 
 1. ``version()``
 2. ``login(db, login, password)``
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ Database service
 .. seealso::
    :ref:`db_manager_security`
 
-The db service defines 13 fonctions:
+The db service defines 13 functions:
 
 #. ``create_database(master_pwd, db_name, demo, lang, user_password, login, country_code, phone)``
 #. ``duplicate_database(master_pwd, db_original_name, db_name, neutralize_database)``
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ and ``list_countries``, which exist via JSON-2 on the ``res.lang`` and ``res.cou
 Object service
 --------------
 
-The object service defines 2 fonctions:
+The object service defines 2 functions:
 
 #. ``execute(db, uid, passwd, model, method, *args)``
 #. ``execute_kw(db, uid, passwd, model, method, args, kw={})``