diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
index f92caf3014c..2a095b8f914 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public class DefaultGenerator extends AbstractGenerator implements Generator {
             if (StringUtils.isEmpty(info.getDescription())) {
                 // set a default description if none if provided
                 config.additionalProperties().put("appDescription",
-                        "No descripton provided (generated by Swagger Codegen https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen)");
+                        "No description provided (generated by Swagger Codegen https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen)");
             } else {
                 config.additionalProperties().put("appDescription",
                         config.escapeText(info.getDescription()));