diff --git a/Lib/difflib.py b/Lib/difflib.py
index 480bad2..afd8a0c 100644
--- a/Lib/difflib.py
+++ b/Lib/difflib.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class SequenceMatcher:
     notion, pairing up elements that appear uniquely in each sequence.
     That, and the method here, appear to yield more intuitive difference
     reports than does diff.  This method appears to be the least vulnerable
-    to synching up on blocks of "junk lines", though (like blank lines in
+    to syncing up on blocks of "junk lines", though (like blank lines in
     ordinary text files, or maybe "<P>" lines in HTML files).  That may be
     because this is the only method of the 3 that has a *concept* of
     "junk" <wink>.