diff --git a/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
index f4fc4bc..f8d13c0 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
         self.objects = copy (objects)
 
 
-    # -- Priviate utility methods --------------------------------------
+    # -- Private utility methods --------------------------------------
     # (here for the convenience of subclasses)
 
     def _fix_compile_args (self, output_dir, macros, include_dirs):