diff --git a/Lib/Cookie.py b/Lib/Cookie.py
index b1704d9..1082363 100644
--- a/Lib/Cookie.py
+++ b/Lib/Cookie.py
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 Backwards Compatibility
 -----------------------
 
-In order to keep compatibilty with earlier versions of Cookie.py,
+In order to keep compatibility with earlier versions of Cookie.py,
 it is still possible to use Cookie.Cookie() to create a Cookie.  In
 fact, this simply returns a SmartCookie.