diff --git a/python/pyspark/context.py b/python/pyspark/context.py
index 1b2a52ad64114..a0a1ccbeefb09 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/context.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/context.py
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def __getnewargs__(self):
         # This method is called when attempting to pickle SparkContext, which is always an error:
         raise Exception(
             "It appears that you are attempting to reference SparkContext from a broadcast "
-            "variable, action, or transforamtion. SparkContext can only be used on the driver, "
+            "variable, action, or transformation. SparkContext can only be used on the driver, "
             "not in code that it run on workers. For more information, see SPARK-5063."
         )