diff --git a/packages/python/plotly/plotly/subplots.py b/packages/python/plotly/plotly/subplots.py
index 9f2075e7cb1..652467ff6a4 100644
--- a/packages/python/plotly/plotly/subplots.py
+++ b/packages/python/plotly/plotly/subplots.py
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ def _checks(item, defaults):
     # Build resulting figure
     fig = go.Figure(layout=layout)
 
-    # Attach subpot grid info to the figure
+    # Attach subplot grid info to the figure
     fig.__dict__["_grid_ref"] = grid_ref
     fig.__dict__["_grid_str"] = grid_str