diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFParagraph.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFParagraph.java
index adbbfd1797..bb45f1cb3e 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFParagraph.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFParagraph.java
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ public class XWPFParagraph implements IBodyElement, IRunBody, ISDTContents, Para
      * @param searched
      * @param startPos
      */
-    public TextSegement searchText(String searched, PositionInParagraph startPos) {
+    public TextSegment searchText(String searched, PositionInParagraph startPos) {
         int startRun = startPos.getRun(),
             startText = startPos.getText(),
             startChar = startPos.getChar();
@@ -1504,7 +1504,7 @@ public class XWPFParagraph implements IBodyElement, IRunBody, ISDTContents, Para
                                     if (candCharPos + 1 < searched.length()) {
                                         candCharPos++;
                                     } else if (newList) {
-                                        TextSegement segement = new TextSegement();
+                                        TextSegment segement = new TextSegment();
                                         segement.setBeginRun(beginRunPos);
                                         segement.setBeginText(beginTextPos);
                                         segement.setBeginChar(beginCharPos);
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ public class XWPFParagraph implements IBodyElement, IRunBody, ISDTContents, Para
      *
      * @param segment
      */
-    public String getText(TextSegement segment) {
+    public String getText(TextSegment segment) {
         int runBegin = segment.getBeginRun();
         int textBegin = segment.getBeginText();
         int charBegin = segment.getBeginChar();
diff --git a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFParagraph.java b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFParagraph.java
index 30d9d7ef29..e367f04ae4 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFParagraph.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFParagraph.java
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ public final class TestXWPFParagraph {
 
         XWPFParagraph p = ps.get(0);
 
-        TextSegement segment = p.searchText("sample word document", new PositionInParagraph());
+        TextSegment segment = p.searchText("sample word document", new PositionInParagraph());
         assertNotNull(segment);
 
         assertEquals("sample word document", p.getText(segment));