diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp
index 8d4febcb..8ff7ca4b 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace detail
 /*!
 @brief syntax analysis
 
-This class implements a recursive decent parser.
+This class implements a recursive descent parser.
 */
 template<typename BasicJsonType>
 class parser
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 68916fa0..c2d4c98a 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -8678,7 +8678,7 @@ namespace detail
 /*!
 @brief syntax analysis
 
-This class implements a recursive decent parser.
+This class implements a recursive descent parser.
 */
 template<typename BasicJsonType>
 class parser