diff --git a/Lib/ssl.py b/Lib/ssl.py
index 30ee13b..efd674c 100644
--- a/Lib/ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/ssl.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
     for frag in dn.split(r'.'):
         if frag.count('*') > max_wildcards:
             # Issue #17980: avoid denials of service by refusing more
-            # than one wildcard per fragment.  A survery of established
+            # than one wildcard per fragment.  A survey of established
             # policy among SSL implementations showed it to be a
             # reasonable choice.
             raise CertificateError(