diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index e2c675c5536..1e832e2da11 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ def sample(self, population, k, random=None, int=int):
         list itself is in random order so that all sub-slices are also
         random samples.  The original sequence is left undisturbed.
 
-        If the population has repeated elements, then each occurence is
+        If the population has repeated elements, then each occurrence is
         a possible selection in the sample.
 
         If indices are needed for a large population, use xrange as an