diff -r fc14953e8e34 -r e7cfe3587ea4 mercurial/lock.py
--- a/mercurial/lock.py	Tue Aug 28 17:59:08 2012 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/lock.py	Wed Aug 15 22:38:42 2012 +0200
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@
     def release(self):
         """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."""
+        If the lock have been acquired multiple time, the actual release is
+        delayed to the last release call."""
         if self.held > 1:
             self.held -= 1
         elif self.held == 1: