diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index 0248028351..6b073fd9e0 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ variable-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{0,30}$
 argument-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{1,30}$
 
 # Method names should be at least 3 characters long
-# and be lowecased with underscores
+# and be lowercased with underscores
 method-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,50}$
 
 # Module names matching nova-* are ok (files in bin/)