diff --git a/docs/generators/java.md b/docs/generators/java.md
index 8e4aabdef1f..3f6417f32f8 100644
--- a/docs/generators/java.md
+++ b/docs/generators/java.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ These options may be applied as additional-properties (cli) or configOptions (pl
 |enumUnknownDefaultCase|If the server adds new enum cases, that are unknown by an old spec/client, the client will fail to parse the network response.With this option enabled, each enum will have a new case, 'unknown_default_open_api', so that when the server sends an enum case that is not known by the client/spec, they can safely fallback to this case.|<dl><dt>**false**</dt><dd>No changes to the enum's are made, this is the default option.</dd><dt>**true**</dt><dd>With this option enabled, each enum will have a new case, 'unknown_default_open_api', so that when the enum case sent by the server is not known by the client/spec, can safely be decoded to this case.</dd></dl>|false|
 |errorObjectType|Error Object type. (This option is for okhttp-gson-next-gen only)| |null|
 |fullJavaUtil|whether to use fully qualified name for classes under java.util. This option only works for Java API client| |false|
-|gradleProperties|Append additional Gradle proeprties to the gradle.properties file| |null|
+|gradleProperties|Append additional Gradle properties to the gradle.properties file| |null|
 |groupId|groupId in generated pom.xml| |org.openapitools|
 |hideGenerationTimestamp|Hides the generation timestamp when files are generated.| |false|
 |ignoreAnyOfInEnum|Ignore anyOf keyword in enum| |false|
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/JavaClientCodegen.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/JavaClientCodegen.java
index 264f8b41bbf..63f49f9a3fc 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/JavaClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/JavaClientCodegen.java
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public class JavaClientCodegen extends AbstractJavaCodegen
         cliOptions.add(CliOption.newBoolean(USE_ABSTRACTION_FOR_FILES, "Use alternative types instead of java.io.File to allow passing bytes without a file on disk. Available on resttemplate, webclient, libraries"));
         cliOptions.add(CliOption.newBoolean(DYNAMIC_OPERATIONS, "Generate operations dynamically at runtime from an OAS", this.dynamicOperations));
         cliOptions.add(CliOption.newBoolean(SUPPORT_STREAMING, "Support streaming endpoint (beta)", this.supportStreaming));
-        cliOptions.add(CliOption.newString(GRADLE_PROPERTIES, "Append additional Gradle proeprties to the gradle.properties file"));
+        cliOptions.add(CliOption.newString(GRADLE_PROPERTIES, "Append additional Gradle properties to the gradle.properties file"));
         cliOptions.add(CliOption.newString(ERROR_OBJECT_TYPE, "Error Object type. (This option is for okhttp-gson-next-gen only)"));
         cliOptions.add(CliOption.newString(CONFIG_KEY, "Config key in @RegisterRestClient. Default to none. Only `microprofile` supports this option."));