diff --git a/tensorflow/python/ops/variables.py b/tensorflow/python/ops/variables.py
index fd0aee3c333..5d18979bef4 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/ops/variables.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/ops/variables.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class Variable(object):
   various `Optimizer` classes use this collection as the default list of
   variables to optimize.
 
-  @compatiblity(eager)
+  @compatibility(eager)
   `tf.Variable` is not compatible with eager execution.  Use
   `tfe.Variable` instead which is compatable with both eager execution
   and graph construction.  See [the TensorFlow Eager Execution