diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 39beaba..89d3f2f 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@
    win32_stat will first explicitly resolve the symlink target and then will
    call win32_lstat on that result.
 
-   The _w represent Unicode equivalents of the aformentioned ANSI functions. */
+   The _w represent Unicode equivalents of the aforementioned ANSI functions. */
 
 static int 
 win32_lstat(const char* path, struct win32_stat *result)