diff --git a/fuzzywuzzy/process.py b/fuzzywuzzy/process.py
index 4d73248d..c1f0755f 100644
--- a/fuzzywuzzy/process.py
+++ b/fuzzywuzzy/process.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def no_process(x):
         pass
 
     # If the processor was removed by setting it to None
-    # perfom a noop as it still needs to be a function
+    # perform a noop as it still needs to be a function
     if processor is None:
         processor = no_process