diff --git a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
index 16d387a46a5..27e79a54acc 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """distutils
 
-The main package for the Python Module Distribtion Utilities.  Normally
+The main package for the Python Module Distribution Utilities.  Normally
 used from a setup script as
 
    from distutils.core import setup