diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/wordcount.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/wordcount.py
index b59baa61a469a..12ba3431ac564 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/wordcount.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/wordcount.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def run(argv=None, save_main_session=True):
     counts = (
         lines
         | 'Split' >> (beam.ParDo(WordExtractingDoFn()).with_output_types(str))
-        | 'PairWIthOne' >> beam.Map(lambda x: (x, 1))
+        | 'PairWithOne' >> beam.Map(lambda x: (x, 1))
         | 'GroupAndSum' >> beam.CombinePerKey(sum))
 
     # Format the counts into a PCollection of strings.