diff --git a/modules/features2d/include/opencv2/features2d/features2d.hpp b/modules/features2d/include/opencv2/features2d/features2d.hpp
index 8f116bd7d2..8ffae6180b 100644
--- a/modules/features2d/include/opencv2/features2d/features2d.hpp
+++ b/modules/features2d/include/opencv2/features2d/features2d.hpp
@@ -2084,7 +2084,7 @@ template<> struct Accumulator<char>   { typedef float Type; };
 template<> struct Accumulator<short>  { typedef float Type; };
 
 /*
- * Squeared Euclidean distance functor
+ * Squared Euclidean distance functor
  */
 template<class T>
 struct CV_EXPORTS SL2