diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/utility.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/utility.hpp
index 108c0d93e7..5fc5a4eaac 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/utility.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/utility.hpp
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ CV_EXPORTS ErrorCallback redirectError( ErrorCallback errCallback, void* userdat
 CV_EXPORTS String tempfile( const char* suffix = 0);
 CV_EXPORTS void glob(String pattern, std::vector<String>& result, bool recursive = false);
 
-/** @brief OpenCV will try to set the number of threads for the next parallel region.
+/** @brief OpenCV will try to set the number of threads for subsequent parallel regions.
 
 If threads == 0, OpenCV will disable threading optimizations and run all it's functions
 sequentially. Passing threads \< 0 will reset threads number to system default. This function must