diff --git a/Modules/syslogmodule.c b/Modules/syslogmodule.c
--- a/Modules/syslogmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/syslogmodule.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
     long logopt = 0;
     long facility = LOG_USER;
     PyObject *new_S_ident_o = NULL;
-    static char *keywords[] = {"ident", "logoption", "facility", 0};
+    static char *keywords[] = {"ident", "logopt", "facility", 0};
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds,
                           "|Sll:openlog", keywords, &new_S_ident_o, &logopt, &facility))