diff --git a/Lib/decimal.py b/Lib/decimal.py
index 5e53d8e..5d517ed 100644
--- a/Lib/decimal.py
+++ b/Lib/decimal.py
@@ -5710,7 +5710,7 @@
 
 def _format_align(sign, body, spec):
     """Given an unpadded, non-aligned numeric string 'body' and sign
-    string 'sign', add padding and aligment conforming to the given
+    string 'sign', add padding and alignment conforming to the given
     format specifier dictionary 'spec' (as produced by
     parse_format_specifier).