diff --git a/docs/changelog/2237.feature.rst b/docs/changelog/2237.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6defa64f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/2237.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Avoid deprecation warning from py-filelock argument - by :user:`ofek`.
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/util/lock.py b/src/virtualenv/util/lock.py
index e141aafae..1cf968b42 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/util/lock.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/util/lock.py
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ def __init__(self, lock_file):
         self.count = 0
         self.thread_safe = RLock()
 
-    def acquire(self, timeout=None, poll_intervall=0.05):
+    def acquire(self, timeout=None, poll_interval=0.05):
         with self.thread_safe:
             if self.count == 0:
-                super(_CountedFileLock, self).acquire(timeout=timeout, poll_intervall=poll_intervall)
+                super(_CountedFileLock, self).acquire(timeout, poll_interval)
             self.count += 1
 
     def release(self, force=False):