diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewDetail.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewDetail.cpp
index 783509201f..f71234960a 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewDetail.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewDetail.cpp
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ TopoDS_Shape DrawViewDetail::projectEdgesOntoFace(TopoDS_Shape edgeShape, TopoDS
     return edges;
 }
 
-//we don't want to paint detail hightlights on top of detail views,
+//we don't want to paint detail highlights on top of detail views,
 //so tell the Gui that there are no details for this view
 std::vector<DrawViewDetail*> DrawViewDetail::getDetailRefs(void) const
 {