diff --git a/pycraft/shader.py b/pycraft/shader.py
index a4a61a4..091026e 100644
--- a/pycraft/shader.py
+++ b/pycraft/shader.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def uniformi(self, name, *vals):
     # works with matrices stored as lists,
     # as well as euclid matrices
     def uniform_matrixf(self, name, mat):
-        # obtian the uniform location
+        # obtain the uniform location
         loc = glGetUniformLocation(self.handle, name)
         # uplaod the 4x4 floating point matrix
         glUniformMatrix4fv(loc, 1, False, (c_float * 16)(*mat))