diff --git a/modules/calib3d/include/opencv2/calib3d.hpp b/modules/calib3d/include/opencv2/calib3d.hpp
index b8634bde60..09fe9f83ec 100644
--- a/modules/calib3d/include/opencv2/calib3d.hpp
+++ b/modules/calib3d/include/opencv2/calib3d.hpp
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ public:
 
          @param param the current vector of parameters
          @param err output vector of errors: err_i = actual_f_i - ideal_f_i
-         @param J output Jacobian: J_ij = d(err_i)/d(param_j)
+         @param J output Jacobian: J_ij = d(ideal_f_i)/d(param_j)
 
          when J=noArray(), it means that it does not need to be computed.
          Dimensionality of error vector and param vector can be different.