diff -r 0515206e36ed Lib/http/client.py
--- a/Lib/http/client.py	Mon Mar 14 16:36:31 2011 -0400
+++ b/Lib/http/client.py	Mon Mar 14 22:23:29 2011 +0100
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@
         del self._buffer[:]
         # If msg and message_body are sent in a single send() call,
         # it will avoid performance problems caused by the interaction
-        # between delayed ack and the Nagle algorithim.
+        # between delayed ack and the Nagle algorithm.
         if isinstance(message_body, bytes):
             msg += message_body
             message_body = None