diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget.cpp
index 1cb88cbeeb..301d5dbe4d 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget.cpp
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ QTableWidgetItem &QTableWidgetItem::operator=(const QTableWidgetItem &other)
     \snippet qtablewidget-resizing/mainwindow.cpp 0
     \snippet qtablewidget-resizing/mainwindow.cpp 1
 
-    Items are created ouside the table (with no parent widget) and inserted
+    Items are created outside the table (with no parent widget) and inserted
     into the table with setItem():
 
     \snippet qtablewidget-resizing/mainwindow.cpp 2