diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tokenize.py b/Lib/test/test_tokenize.py
index 1bfac4048ed..d0853d3a12c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tokenize.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tokenize.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         ...
     IndentationError: unindent does not match any outer indentation level
 
-There are some standard formattig practises that are easy to get right.
+There are some standard formatting practices that are easy to get right.
 
     >>> roundtrip("if x == 1:\\n"
     ...           "    print(x)\\n")