diff --git a/tests/test_requests.py b/tests/test_requests.py
index aa413359b6..6d1bef66e0 100644
--- a/tests/test_requests.py
+++ b/tests/test_requests.py
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ def test_basicauth_with_netrc_leak(self, httpbin):
 
         try:
             # Should use netrc
-            # Make sure that we don't use the example.com credentails
+            # Make sure that we don't use the example.com credentials
             # for the request
             r = requests.get(url)
             assert r.status_code == 200