diff --git a/Objects/setobject.c b/Objects/setobject.c
index a3cdd33664d..f71417d9f6d 100644
--- a/Objects/setobject.c
+++ b/Objects/setobject.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
    reduces the cost of hash collisions because consecutive memory accesses
    tend to be much cheaper than scattered probes.  After LINEAR_PROBES steps,
    we then use more of the upper bits from the hash value and apply a simple
-   linear congruential random number genearator.  This helps break-up long
+   linear congruential random number generator.  This helps break-up long
    chains of collisions.
 
    All arithmetic on hash should ignore overflow.