diff --git a/platform_utils_win32.py b/platform_utils_win32.py
index b5c21fe0..e20755a4 100644
--- a/platform_utils_win32.py
+++ b/platform_utils_win32.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def readlink(path):
   if reparse_point_handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE:
     _raise_winerror(
         get_last_error(),
-        'Error opening symblic link \"%s\"'.format(path))
+        'Error opening symbolic link \"%s\"'.format(path))
   target_buffer = c_buffer(MAXIMUM_REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE)
   n_bytes_returned = DWORD()
   io_result = DeviceIoControl(reparse_point_handle,
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def readlink(path):
   if not io_result:
     _raise_winerror(
         get_last_error(),
-        'Error reading symblic link \"%s\"'.format(path))
+        'Error reading symbolic link \"%s\"'.format(path))
   rdb = REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER.from_buffer(target_buffer)
   if rdb.ReparseTag == IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK:
     return _preserve_encoding(path, rdb.SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.PrintName)
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def readlink(path):
   # Unsupported reparse point type
   _raise_winerror(
       ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED,
-      'Error reading symblic link \"%s\"'.format(path))
+      'Error reading symbolic link \"%s\"'.format(path))
 
 
 def _preserve_encoding(source, target):