diff --git a/src/plugins/sqlite.ts b/src/plugins/sqlite.ts
index 5a90ac1ad..8d37a9670 100644
--- a/src/plugins/sqlite.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/sqlite.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class SQLite {
      * import { SQLite } from 'ionic-native';
      *
      * let db = new SQLite();
-     * db.openDatabse({
+     * db.openDatabase({
      *   name: 'data.db',
      *   location: 'default' // the location field is required
      * }).then(() => {