diff --git a/wxPython/wxPython/__init__.py b/wxPython/wxPython/__init__.py
index a984cd13e2..0b59d5bdc1 100644
--- a/wxPython/wxPython/__init__.py
+++ b/wxPython/wxPython/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import warnings
 warnings.warn(
     "The wxPython compatibility package is no longer automatically generated "
-    "or activly maintained.  Please switch to the wx package as soon as possible.",
+    "or actively maintained.  Please switch to the wx package as soon as possible.",
     DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
 
 # We need to be able to import from the wx package, but there is also