diff --git a/Objects/stringobject.c b/Objects/stringobject.c
index 6d3ca8e..0a7e78d 100644
--- a/Objects/stringobject.c
+++ b/Objects/stringobject.c
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@
         default:
             *p++ = '\\';
             s--;
-            goto non_esc; /* an arbitry number of unescaped
+            goto non_esc; /* an arbitrary number of unescaped
                              UTF-8 bytes may follow. */
         }
     }