diff --git a/tests/test_crawl.py b/tests/test_crawl.py
index 05dfa2f5a..25783b8e3 100644
--- a/tests/test_crawl.py
+++ b/tests/test_crawl.py
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class CrawlTestCase(TestCase):
         first_other_request = min(order_of_other_requests)
         return last_start_request < first_other_request
 
-    def number_of_start_requests_fro_eagernees_testing(_):
+    def number_of_start_requests_for_eagernees_testing(_):
         """
             number_of_start_requests should be big enough, so scheduling such
             amount of requests takes longer than crawling first of them
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class CrawlTestCase(TestCase):
         crawler = CrawlerRunner(settings).create_crawler(EagerSpider)
         yield crawler.crawl(
             mockserver=self.mockserver,
-            number_of_start_requests=self.number_of_start_requests_fro_eagernees_testing(),
+            number_of_start_requests=self.number_of_start_requests_for_eagernees_testing(),
         )
         self.assertTrue(
             self.is_eager(crawler.spider.requests_in_order_of_scheduling)
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class CrawlTestCase(TestCase):
         crawler = CrawlerRunner(settings).create_crawler(YeldingRequestsSpider)
         yield crawler.crawl(
             mockserver=self.mockserver,
-            number_of_start_requests=self.number_of_start_requests_fro_eagernees_testing(),
+            number_of_start_requests=self.number_of_start_requests_for_eagernees_testing(),
         )
         self.assertFalse(
             self.is_eager(crawler.spider.requests_in_order_of_scheduling)