diff --git a/Lib/ntpath.py b/Lib/ntpath.py
index 14911d0..765e1bf 100644
--- a/Lib/ntpath.py
+++ b/Lib/ntpath.py
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
 #       - $varname is accepted.
 #       - %varname% is accepted.
 #       - varnames can be made out of letters, digits and the characters '_-'
-#         (though is not verifed in the ${varname} and %varname% cases)
+#         (though is not verified in the ${varname} and %varname% cases)
 # XXX With COMMAND.COM you can use any characters in a variable name,
 # XXX except '^|<>='.