diff --git a/Lib/xml/dom/__init__.py b/Lib/xml/dom/__init__.py
index ca44b2da2b6..0296567c456 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/dom/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/dom/__init__.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class DOMException(Exception):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
         if self.__class__ is DOMException:
             raise RuntimeError(
-                "DOMException should not be instaniated directly")
+                "DOMException should not be instantiated directly")
         apply(Exception.__init__, (self,) + args, kw)