diff --git a/Lib/xmlrpc/server.py b/Lib/xmlrpc/server.py
index 1cd45a9..24d8a6a 100644
--- a/Lib/xmlrpc/server.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlrpc/server.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
         marshalled data. For backwards compatibility, a dispatch
         function can be provided as an argument (see comment in
         SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler.do_POST) but overriding the
-        existing method through subclassing is the prefered means
+        existing method through subclassing is the preferred means
         of changing method dispatch behavior.
         """