diff --git a/Objects/complexobject.c b/Objects/complexobject.c
index a346ac25a64..4367ff6570e 100644
--- a/Objects/complexobject.c
+++ b/Objects/complexobject.c
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ complex_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 					 &r, &i))
 		return NULL;
 
-	/* Special-case for single argumet that is already complex */
+	/* Special-case for single argument that is already complex */
 	if (PyComplex_CheckExact(r) && i == NULL &&
 	    type == &PyComplex_Type) {
 		/* Note that we can't know whether it's safe to return