diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/python/api_client.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/python/api_client.mustache
index f62f341045b..13ec8ed4396 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/python/api_client.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/python/api_client.mustache
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class ApiClient(object):
         If obj is str, int, float, bool, return directly.
         If obj is datetime.datetime, datetime.date
             convert to string in iso8601 format.
-        If obj is list, santize each element in the list.
+        If obj is list, sanitize each element in the list.
         If obj is dict, return the dict.
         If obj is swagger model, return the properties dict.