diff -r 0515206e36ed Lib/decimal.py
--- a/Lib/decimal.py	Mon Mar 14 16:36:31 2011 -0400
+++ b/Lib/decimal.py	Mon Mar 14 22:31:12 2011 +0100
@@ -6088,7 +6088,7 @@
 
 def _format_align(sign, body, spec):
     """Given an unpadded, non-aligned numeric string 'body' and sign
-    string 'sign', add padding and aligment conforming to the given
+    string 'sign', add padding and alignment conforming to the given
     format specifier dictionary 'spec' (as produced by
     parse_format_specifier).