diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index a5bb65065a6..6b91f69f8ca 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ def poll(self):
         # Windows methods
         #
         def _get_handles(self, stdin, stdout, stderr):
-            """Construct and return tupel with IO objects:
+            """Construct and return tuple with IO objects:
             p2cread, p2cwrite, c2pread, c2pwrite, errread, errwrite
             """
             if stdin is None and stdout is None and stderr is None:
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ def terminate(self):
         # POSIX methods
         #
         def _get_handles(self, stdin, stdout, stderr):
-            """Construct and return tupel with IO objects:
+            """Construct and return tuple with IO objects:
             p2cread, p2cwrite, c2pread, c2pwrite, errread, errwrite
             """
             p2cread, p2cwrite = None, None