diff --git a/src/api/capi.cpp b/src/api/capi.cpp
index c6ac2587f..667eea650 100644
--- a/src/api/capi.cpp
+++ b/src/api/capi.cpp
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ TESS_API ETEXT_DESC* TESS_CALL TessMonitorCreate()
     return new ETEXT_DESC();
 }
 
-TESS_API void TESS_CALL TessMonitorcDelete( ETEXT_DESC* monitor )
+TESS_API void TESS_CALL TessMonitorDelete( ETEXT_DESC* monitor )
 {
     delete monitor;
 }
diff --git a/src/api/capi.h b/src/api/capi.h
index 46f57e33a..0939b1e7d 100644
--- a/src/api/capi.h
+++ b/src/api/capi.h
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ TESS_API float TESS_CALL TessChoiceIteratorConfidence(const TessChoiceIterator*
 /* Progress monitor */
 
 TESS_API ETEXT_DESC* TESS_CALL TessMonitorCreate();
-TESS_API void TESS_CALL TessMonitorcDelete( ETEXT_DESC* monitor );
+TESS_API void TESS_CALL TessMonitorDelete( ETEXT_DESC* monitor );
 TESS_API void TESS_CALL TessMonitorSetCancelFunc( ETEXT_DESC* monitor, TessCancelFunc cancelFunc );
 TESS_API void TESS_CALL TessMonitorSetCancelThis( ETEXT_DESC* monitor, void* cancelThis );
 TESS_API void* TESS_CALL TessMonitorGetCancelThis( ETEXT_DESC* monitor );