diff --git a/Objects/bytesobject.c b/Objects/bytesobject.c
index 85267a7..334e356 100644
--- a/Objects/bytesobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytesobject.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@
         default:
             *p++ = '\\';
             s--;
-            goto non_esc; /* an arbitry number of unescaped
+            goto non_esc; /* an arbitrary number of unescaped
                              UTF-8 bytes may follow. */
         }
     }