diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/javadoc/JavadocReport.java b/maven-plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/javadoc/JavadocReport.java
index d2e6de0b35..220b10e0a6 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/javadoc/JavadocReport.java
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/javadoc/JavadocReport.java
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ public class JavadocReport
         if ( !StringUtils.isEmpty( doclet ) )
         {
             addArgIfNotEmpty( arguments, "-doclet", quotedArgument( doclet ) );
-            addArgIfNotEmpty( arguments, "-docletPath", quotedPathArgument( docletPath ) );
+            addArgIfNotEmpty( arguments, "-docletpath", quotedPathArgument( docletPath ) );
         }
         addArgIfNotEmpty( arguments, "-encoding", quotedArgument( encoding ) );
         addArgIfNotEmpty( arguments, "-extdirs", quotedPathArgument( extdirs ) );