diff --git a/Lib/unittest/main.py b/Lib/unittest/main.py
index 180df8676e5f..486d39f5ca97 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/main.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/main.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def __init__(self, module='__main__', defaultTest=None, argv=None,
         self.verbosity = verbosity
         self.buffer = buffer
         if warnings is None and not sys.warnoptions:
-            # even if DreprecationWarnings are ignored by default
+            # even if DeprecationWarnings are ignored by default
             # print them anyway unless other warnings settings are
             # specified by the warnings arg or the -W python flag
             self.warnings = 'default'