diff --git a/sklearn/linear_model/coordinate_descent.py b/sklearn/linear_model/coordinate_descent.py
index f1308db2a7d33..608461380cb08 100644
--- a/sklearn/linear_model/coordinate_descent.py
+++ b/sklearn/linear_model/coordinate_descent.py
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@ def __init__(self, alpha=1.0, l1_ratio=0.5, fit_intercept=True,
         self.selection = selection
 
     def fit(self, X, y):
-        """Fit MultiTaskLasso model with coordinate descent
+        """Fit MultiTaskElasticNet model with coordinate descent
 
         Parameters
         -----------