diff --git a/testing/test_junitxml.py b/testing/test_junitxml.py
index b56122d9b..de5be7084 100644
--- a/testing/test_junitxml.py
+++ b/testing/test_junitxml.py
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ class TestPython:
         assert "hx" in fnode.toxml()
 
     def test_assertion_binchars(self, testdir):
-        """this test did fail when the escaping wasnt strict"""
+        """this test did fail when the escaping wasn't strict"""
         testdir.makepyfile(
             """