diff --git a/Objects/methodobject.c b/Objects/methodobject.c
index 60df302b0c3..f0685dd6066 100644
--- a/Objects/methodobject.c
+++ b/Objects/methodobject.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ void
 _PyCFunction_DebugMallocStats(FILE *out)
 {
     _PyDebugAllocatorStats(out,
-                           "free PyCFunctionObjects",
+                           "free PyCFunctionObject",
                            numfree, sizeof(PyCFunctionObject));
 }