diff --git a/git/objects/util.py b/git/objects/util.py
index cefef862d..567b1d5b2 100644
--- a/git/objects/util.py
+++ b/git/objects/util.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def __getattr__(self, attr):
 
 class Traversable(object):
 
-    """Simple interface to perforam depth-first or breadth-first traversals
+    """Simple interface to perform depth-first or breadth-first traversals
     into one direction.
     Subclasses only need to implement one function.
     Instances of the Subclass must be hashable"""