diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/art3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/art3d.py
index 5ea30204db64..9aa066a37d91 100644
--- a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/art3d.py
+++ b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/art3d.py
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ def __init__(self, verts, *args, zsort='average', **kwargs):
         Parameters
         ----------
         verts : list of array-like Nx3
-            Each element describes a polygon as a sequnce of ``N_i`` points
+            Each element describes a polygon as a sequence of ``N_i`` points
             ``(x, y, z)``.
         zsort : {'average', 'min', 'max'}, default: 'average'
             The calculation method for the z-order.