diff --git a/django/http/multipartparser.py b/django/http/multipartparser.py
index 6d03f877a1..20232cb7c6 100644
--- a/django/http/multipartparser.py
+++ b/django/http/multipartparser.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class MultiPartParser(object):
         """
 
         #
-        # Content-Type should containt multipart and the boundary information.
+        # Content-Type should contain multipart and the boundary information.
         #
 
         content_type = META.get('HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE', META.get('CONTENT_TYPE', ''))