Whoops, not sure how I screwed up the name. Now builds and passes the test.
diff --git a/Modules/syslogmodule.c b/Modules/syslogmodule.c
index 08e4a36..355ac8f 100644
--- a/Modules/syslogmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/syslogmodule.c
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@
int priority = LOG_INFO;
if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "iU;[priority,] message string",
- &priority, &message_objecct)) {
+ &priority, &message_object)) {
PyErr_Clear();
if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "U;[priority,] message string",
- &message_objecct))
+ &message_object))
return NULL;
}