diff --git a/sklearn/cluster/hierarchical.py b/sklearn/cluster/hierarchical.py
index b799be3bd7ad7..75f6914a13171 100644
--- a/sklearn/cluster/hierarchical.py
+++ b/sklearn/cluster/hierarchical.py
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ def fit(self, X, y=None):
             labels = _hierarchical.hc_get_heads(parents, copy=False)
             # copy to avoid holding a reference on the original array
             labels = np.copy(labels[:n_samples])
-            # Reasign cluster numbers
+            # Reassign cluster numbers
             self.labels_ = np.searchsorted(np.unique(labels), labels)
         return self