diff --git a/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py b/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
index 2a5ecd73f01..badc40a2cd3 100644
--- a/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
+++ b/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
@@ -1506,7 +1506,7 @@ def wm_iconbitmap(self, bitmap=None, default=None):
 
         Under Windows, the DEFAULT parameter can be used to set the icon 
         for the widget and any descendents that don't have an icon set
-        explicitely.  DEFAULT can be the relative path to a .ico file
+        explicitly.  DEFAULT can be the relative path to a .ico file
         (example: root.iconbitmap(default='myicon.ico') ).  See Tk
         documentation for more information."""
         if default: