diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
index 7bde86496ef3..37aff6e3d4d4 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -2602,7 +2602,7 @@ def errorbar(self, x, y, yerr=None, xerr=None,
             before :meth:`errorbar`.
 
           *errorevery*: positive integer
-            subsamples the errorbars. e.g., if everyerror=5, errorbars for
+            subsamples the errorbars. e.g., if errorevery=5, errorbars for
             every 5-th datapoint will be plotted. The data plot itself still
             shows all data points.