diff --git a/python/core/auto_generated/qgstessellator.sip.in b/python/core/auto_generated/qgstessellator.sip.in
index bf678c96e72..0ced226a188 100644
--- a/python/core/auto_generated/qgstessellator.sip.in
+++ b/python/core/auto_generated/qgstessellator.sip.in
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Creates tessellator with a specified ``bounds`` of input geometry coordinates.
 This constructor allows the tessellator to map input coordinates to a desirable range for numerically
 stability during calculations.
 
-If ``noZ`` is ``True``, then a 2-dimensional tesselation only will be performed and all z coordinates will be ignored.
+If ``noZ`` is ``True``, then a 2-dimensional tessellation only will be performed and all z coordinates will be ignored.
 
 .. versionadded:: 3.10
 %End
diff --git a/src/core/qgstessellator.h b/src/core/qgstessellator.h
index ef14c9cdbfa..bc5cbca24bc 100644
--- a/src/core/qgstessellator.h
+++ b/src/core/qgstessellator.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsTessellator
      * This constructor allows the tessellator to map input coordinates to a desirable range for numerically
      * stability during calculations.
      *
-     * If \a noZ is TRUE, then a 2-dimensional tesselation only will be performed and all z coordinates will be ignored.
+     * If \a noZ is TRUE, then a 2-dimensional tessellation only will be performed and all z coordinates will be ignored.
      *
      * \since QGIS 3.10
      */