diff --git a/modules/imgproc/include/opencv2/imgproc.hpp b/modules/imgproc/include/opencv2/imgproc.hpp
index 9ab8999e303a803ea593efc9c33bf99085f05792..c04b5b67a90a9fcadb38c1dff20920da1c0138ee 100644
--- a/modules/imgproc/include/opencv2/imgproc.hpp
+++ b/modules/imgproc/include/opencv2/imgproc.hpp
@@ -2199,7 +2199,7 @@ case of multi-channel images, each channel is processed independently.
 @param src input image; the number of channels can be arbitrary, but the depth should be one of
 CV_8U, CV_16U, CV_16S, CV_32F or CV_64F.
 @param dst output image of the same size and type as src.
-@param kernel structuring element used for dilation; if elemenat=Mat(), a 3 x 3 rectangular
+@param kernel structuring element used for dilation; if element=Mat(), a 3 x 3 rectangular
 structuring element is used. Kernel can be created using #getStructuringElement
 @param anchor position of the anchor within the element; default value (-1, -1) means that the
 anchor is at the element center.