diff --git a/modules/imgproc/include/opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp b/modules/imgproc/include/opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp
index 1981a61d90..05af41ca99 100644
--- a/modules/imgproc/include/opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp
+++ b/modules/imgproc/include/opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ CV_EXPORTS_W void HoughLines( InputArray image, OutputArray lines,
                               double rho, double theta, int threshold,
                               double srn=0, double stn=0 );
 
-//! finds line segments in the black-n-white image using probabalistic Hough transform
+//! finds line segments in the black-n-white image using probabilistic Hough transform
 CV_EXPORTS_W void HoughLinesP( InputArray image, OutputArray lines,
                                double rho, double theta, int threshold,
                                double minLineLength=0, double maxLineGap=0 );