diff --git a/modules/imgproc/include/opencv2/imgproc.hpp b/modules/imgproc/include/opencv2/imgproc.hpp
index 3daa6d1a0d..f76e64749d 100644
--- a/modules/imgproc/include/opencv2/imgproc.hpp
+++ b/modules/imgproc/include/opencv2/imgproc.hpp
@@ -3909,7 +3909,7 @@ is \f$W \times H\f$ and templ is \f$w \times h\f$ , then result is \f$(W-w+1) \t
             of channels as template or only one channel, which is then used for all template and
             image channels. If the data type is #CV_8U, the mask is interpreted as a binary mask,
             meaning only elements where mask is nonzero are used and are kept unchanged independent
-            of the actual mask value (weight equals 1). For data tpye #CV_32F, the mask values are
+            of the actual mask value (weight equals 1). For data type #CV_32F, the mask values are
             used as weights. The exact formulas are documented in #TemplateMatchModes.
  */
 CV_EXPORTS_W void matchTemplate( InputArray image, InputArray templ,