diff --git a/Modules/threadmodule.c b/Modules/threadmodule.c
index 53a833c..79e6bab 100644
--- a/Modules/threadmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/threadmodule.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
                                    self->args, self->kw) < 0) {
             /* we need to get rid of ldict from thread so
                we create a new one the next time we do an attr
-               acces */
+               access */
             PyDict_DelItem(tdict, self->key);
             return NULL;
         }