diff --git a/Lib/test/test_support.py b/Lib/test/test_support.py
index d2d530f3b05..6f739af3fb2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_support.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_support.py
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ def bigmemtest(minsize, memuse, overhead=5*_1M):
     'minsize' is the minimum useful size for the test (in arbitrary,
     test-interpreted units.) 'memuse' is the number of 'bytes per size' for
     the test, or a good estimate of it. 'overhead' specifies fixed overhead,
-    independant of the testsize, and defaults to 5Mb.
+    independent of the testsize, and defaults to 5Mb.
 
     The decorator tries to guess a good value for 'size' and passes it to
     the decorated test function. If minsize * memuse is more than the