diff --git a/Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py b/Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py
index b2a5610..4cdc154 100644
--- a/Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py
+++ b/Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
         marshalled data. For backwards compatibility, a dispatch
         function can be provided as an argument (see comment in
         SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler.do_POST) but overriding the
-        existing method through subclassing is the prefered means
+        existing method through subclassing is the preferred means
         of changing method dispatch behavior.
         """