diff --git a/Lib/test/test_traceback.py b/Lib/test/test_traceback.py
index 2f739ba7033a..5e4b6a27e5f7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_traceback.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_traceback.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def do_test(firstlines, message, charset, lineno):
                     text, charset, 5)
             do_test(" \t\f\n# coding: {0}\n".format(charset),
                     text, charset, 5)
-        # Issue #18960: coding spec should has no effect
+        # Issue #18960: coding spec should have no effect
         do_test("x=0\n# coding: GBK\n", "h\xe9 ho", 'utf-8', 5)
 
     def test_print_traceback_at_exit(self):