diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetaData.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetaData.java
index f4b6ea1b931..67f9c9ecec5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetaData.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetaData.java
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ public class MetaData implements Iterable<IndexMetaData> {
         return this.numberOfShards;
     }
 
-    public int getnumberOfShards() {
+    public int getNumberOfShards() {
         return numberOfShards();
     }