diff --git a/Lib/selectors.py b/Lib/selectors.py
index ad7afe2aab5..faa2d3da30b 100644
--- a/Lib/selectors.py
+++ b/Lib/selectors.py
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ def select(self, timeout=None):
                 # from zero to wait *at least* timeout seconds.
                 timeout = math.ceil(timeout * 1e3) * 1e-3
 
-            # epoll_wait() expectcs `maxevents` to be greater than zero;
+            # epoll_wait() expects `maxevents` to be greater than zero;
             # we want to make sure that `select()` can be called when no
             # FD is registered.
             max_ev = max(len(self._fd_to_key), 1)