diff --git a/examples/projections/nongeo/cartesian_linear.py b/examples/projections/nongeo/cartesian_linear.py
index 021d080ae94..83e986f6739 100644
--- a/examples/projections/nongeo/cartesian_linear.py
+++ b/examples/projections/nongeo/cartesian_linear.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 **X**\ *width*\ [/*height*] or **x**\ *x-scale*\ [/*y-scale*]
 
-Give the *width* of the figure and the optional *height*. The lower-case version
+Give the *width* of the figure and the optional *height*. The lowercase version
 **x** is similar to **X** but expects an *x-scale* and an optional *y-scale*.
 
 The Cartesian linear projection is primarily designed for regular floating point