diff --git a/tensorflow/g3doc/how_tos/summaries_and_tensorboard/index.md b/tensorflow/g3doc/how_tos/summaries_and_tensorboard/index.md
index 55577ac5ffe..69b6c268793 100644
--- a/tensorflow/g3doc/how_tos/summaries_and_tensorboard/index.md
+++ b/tensorflow/g3doc/how_tos/summaries_and_tensorboard/index.md
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def variable_summaries(var, name):
     tf.scalar_summary('mean/' + name, mean)
     with tf.name_scope('stddev'):
       stddev = tf.sqrt(tf.reduce_mean(tf.square(var - mean)))
-    tf.scalar_summary('sttdev/' + name, stddev)
+    tf.scalar_summary('stddev/' + name, stddev)
     tf.scalar_summary('max/' + name, tf.reduce_max(var))
     tf.scalar_summary('min/' + name, tf.reduce_min(var))
     tf.histogram_summary(name, var)