diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index 8e18b65e80385..fbc6333dd6fdd 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ def to_json(self, path_or_buf=None, orient=None, date_format='epoch',
             Handler to call if object cannot otherwise be converted to a
             suitable format for JSON. Should receive a single argument which is
             the object to convert and return a serialisable object.
-        lines : boolean, defalut False
+        lines : boolean, default False
             If 'orient' is 'records' write out line delimited json format. Will
             throw ValueError if incorrect 'orient' since others are not list
             like.