diff --git a/Lib/platform.py b/Lib/platform.py
index 138a974f02b..1a07b44077b 100755
--- a/Lib/platform.py
+++ b/Lib/platform.py
@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ def platform(aliased=0, terse=0):
 # unescape five special characters mentioned in the standard
 _os_release_unescape = re.compile(r"\\([\\\$\"\'`])")
 # /etc takes precedence over /usr/lib
-_os_release_candidates = ("/etc/os-release", "/usr/lib/os-relesase")
+_os_release_candidates = ("/etc/os-release", "/usr/lib/os-release")
 _os_release_cache = None