diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/hssf/quick-guide.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/hssf/quick-guide.xml
index ebc6753b0..e40dc0dcb 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/hssf/quick-guide.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/hssf/quick-guide.xml
@@ -1020,8 +1020,8 @@
     HSSFPatriarch patriarch = sheet5.createDrawingPatriarch();
 
     HSSFPicture picture = patriarch.createPicture(new HSSFClientAnchor(), loadPicture( "src/resources/logos/logoKarmokar4.png", wb ));
-    HSSFClientAnchor prefferedSize = picture.getPrefferedSize();
-    picture.setAnchor(prefferedSize);
+    HSSFClientAnchor preferredSize = picture.getPreferredSize();
+    picture.setAnchor(preferredSize);
       </source>
         <warning>
           HSSFPicture.resize() works only for JPEG and PNG. Other formats are not yet supported.
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFPicture.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFPicture.java
index 79649b06a..9aa0e966d 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFPicture.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFPicture.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class HSSFPicture
         HSSFClientAnchor anchor = (HSSFClientAnchor)getAnchor();
         anchor.setAnchorType(2);
 
-        HSSFClientAnchor pref = getPrefferedSize();
+        HSSFClientAnchor pref = getPreferredSize();
 
         int row2 = anchor.getRow1() + (pref.getRow2() - pref.getRow1());
         int col2 = anchor.getCol1() + (pref.getCol2() - pref.getCol1());
@@ -94,19 +94,19 @@ public class HSSFPicture
     }
 
     /**
-     * Calculate the preffered size for this picture.
+     * Calculate the preferred size for this picture.
      *
-     * @return HSSFClientAnchor with the preffered size for this image
+     * @return HSSFClientAnchor with the preferred size for this image
      * @since POI 3.0.2
      */
-    public HSSFClientAnchor getPrefferedSize(){
+    public HSSFClientAnchor getPreferredSize(){
         HSSFClientAnchor anchor = new HSSFClientAnchor();
 
         EscherBSERecord bse = (EscherBSERecord)patriarch.sheet.book.getBSERecord(pictureIndex);
         byte[] data = bse.getBlipRecord().getPicturedata();
         int type = bse.getBlipTypeWin32();
         switch (type){
-            //we can calculate the preffered size only for JPEG and PNG
+            //we can calculate the preferred size only for JPEG and PNG
             //other formats like WMF, EMF and PICT are not supported in Java
             case HSSFWorkbook.PICTURE_TYPE_JPEG:
             case HSSFWorkbook.PICTURE_TYPE_PNG:
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestHSSFPicture.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestHSSFPicture.java
index 45f92647b..25d6684c4 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestHSSFPicture.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestHSSFPicture.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class TestHSSFPicture extends TestCase{
 
         int idx1 = loadPicture( "src/resources/logos/logoKarmokar4.png", wb);
         HSSFPicture picture1 = p1.createPicture(new HSSFClientAnchor(), idx1);
-        HSSFClientAnchor anchor1 = picture1.getPrefferedSize();
+        HSSFClientAnchor anchor1 = picture1.getPreferredSize();
 
         //assert against what would BiffViewer print if we insert the image in xls and dump the file
         assertEquals(0, anchor1.getCol1());