diff --git a/doc/tutorials/imgproc/histograms/template_matching/template_matching.rst b/doc/tutorials/imgproc/histograms/template_matching/template_matching.rst
index db6838a125..32878df541 100644
--- a/doc/tutorials/imgproc/histograms/template_matching/template_matching.rst
+++ b/doc/tutorials/imgproc/histograms/template_matching/template_matching.rst
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ Code
      int result_cols =  img.cols - templ.cols + 1;
      int result_rows = img.rows - templ.rows + 1;
 
-     result.create( result_cols, result_rows, CV_32FC1 );
+     result.create( result_rows, result_cols, CV_32FC1 );
 
      /// Do the Matching and Normalize
      matchTemplate( img, templ, result, match_method );
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ Explanation
       int result_cols =  img.cols - templ.cols + 1;
       int result_rows = img.rows - templ.rows + 1;
 
-      result.create( result_cols, result_rows, CV_32FC1 );
+      result.create( result_rows, result_cols, CV_32FC1 );
 
 #. Perform the template matching operation: