diff --git a/Lib/test/test_statistics.py b/Lib/test/test_statistics.py
index bebd9b5d6f50269..a9a427bc8d972ac 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_statistics.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_statistics.py
@@ -2192,7 +2192,7 @@ def test_specific_cases(self):
                 quantiles(padded_data, n=n, method='inclusive'),
                 (n, data),
             )
-            # Invariant under tranlation and scaling
+            # Invariant under translation and scaling
             def f(x):
                 return 3.5 * x - 1234.675
             exp = list(map(f, expected))
@@ -2232,7 +2232,7 @@ def test_specific_cases_inclusive(self):
                 result = quantiles(map(datatype, data), n=n, method="inclusive")
                 self.assertTrue(all(type(x) == datatype) for x in result)
                 self.assertEqual(result, list(map(datatype, expected)))
-            # Invariant under tranlation and scaling
+            # Invariant under translation and scaling
             def f(x):
                 return 3.5 * x - 1234.675
             exp = list(map(f, expected))
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 2286f7b5017fa78..253e2f6133d5877 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -1900,3 +1900,4 @@ Robert Leenders
 Tim Hopper
 Dan Lidral-Porter
 Ngalim Siregar
+Tim Gates
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-12-09-10-12-00.bpo-39002.AfgvfO.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-12-09-10-12-00.bpo-39002.AfgvfO.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..a6dfa22eb7a169d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-12-09-10-12-00.bpo-39002.AfgvfO.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix simple typo in Lib/test/test_statistics.py.