diff --git a/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c b/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c
index b8b7584282a..e8131ad6a00 100644
--- a/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c
@@ -2235,7 +2235,7 @@ static PyTypeObject defdict_type = {
 PyDoc_STRVAR(_count_elements_doc,
 "_count_elements(mapping, iterable) -> None\n\
 \n\
-Count elements in the iterable, updating the mappping");
+Count elements in the iterable, updating the mapping");
 
 static PyObject *
 _count_elements(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)