diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
index 3de1bd37a54..3853145827a 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -2758,7 +2758,7 @@ def errorbar(self, x, y, yerr=None, xerr=None,
 
         where *mfc*, *mec*, *ms* and *mew* are aliases for the longer
         property names, *markerfacecolor*, *markeredgecolor*, *markersize*
-        and *markeredgewith*.
+        and *markeredgewidth*.
 
         valid kwargs for the marker properties are