diff --git a/doc/tutorial/single_cell_recipe.rst b/doc/tutorial/single_cell_recipe.rst
index b806c07a7b03551d8b7694309a404e3fec7359a7..54ab8ae5914f506e40a319660f59b2961fe0a572 100644
--- a/doc/tutorial/single_cell_recipe.rst
+++ b/doc/tutorial/single_cell_recipe.rst
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ It returns `0` by default and models without cells are quite boring!
             arbor.recipe.__init__(self)
             self.the_cell = cell
             self.the_probes = probes
-            self.the_props = arbor.neuron_cable_propetries()
+            self.the_props = arbor.neuron_cable_properties()
             self.the_cat = arbor.default_catalogue()
             self.the_props.register(self.the_cat)