diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index 586c3f7f9da938..84bbfc5df1bf23 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ def binomialvariate(self, n=1, p=0.5):
                 return k
 
             # Acceptance-rejection test.
-            # Note, the original paper errorneously omits the call to log(v)
+            # Note, the original paper erroneously omits the call to log(v)
             # when comparing to the log of the rescaled binomial distribution.
             if not setup_complete:
                 alpha = (2.83 + 5.1 / b) * spq