diff --git a/Modules/syslogmodule.c b/Modules/syslogmodule.c
index 08e4a369d45..355ac8ff490 100644
--- a/Modules/syslogmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/syslogmodule.c
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ syslog_syslog(PyObject * self, PyObject * args)
 	int   priority = LOG_INFO;
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "iU;[priority,] message string",
-			      &priority, &message_objecct)) {
+			      &priority, &message_object)) {
 		PyErr_Clear();
 		if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "U;[priority,] message string",
-				      &message_objecct))
+				      &message_object))
 			return NULL;
 	}