diff --git a/Lib/optparse.py b/Lib/optparse.py
index f30fc458b22..d0fb12f4950 100644
--- a/Lib/optparse.py
+++ b/Lib/optparse.py
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ class Values:
         elif isinstance(other, dict):
             return self.__dict__ == other
         else:
-            return false
+            return False
 
     def __ne__(self, other):
         return not (self == other)