diff -r f7767f52e9eb -r 7c44b703657b mercurial/lock.py
--- a/mercurial/lock.py	Fri Aug 17 13:58:18 2012 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/lock.py	Fri Aug 17 13:58:18 2012 -0700
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
         """release the lock and execute callback function if any
 
         If the lock have been aquired multiple time, the actual release is
-        delayed to the last relase call."""
+        delayed to the last release call."""
         if self.held > 1:
             self.held -= 1
         elif self.held == 1: