diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/stat/correlation/PearsonCorrelation.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/stat/correlation/PearsonCorrelation.scala
index 23b291eee070bce252ab54bf8410d9843fdbaa08..8a821d1b23bab13ee098c0939152f417864da9f5 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/stat/correlation/PearsonCorrelation.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/stat/correlation/PearsonCorrelation.scala
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ private[stat] object PearsonCorrelation extends Correlation with Logging {
     Matrices.fromBreeze(cov)
   }
 
-  private def closeToZero(value: Double, threshhold: Double = 1e-12): Boolean = {
-    math.abs(value) <= threshhold
+  private def closeToZero(value: Double, threshold: Double = 1e-12): Boolean = {
+    math.abs(value) <= threshold
   }
 }