diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
index 8f9b4075db359a81b0c714778bedfb3fd37fba3d..5eeba0bc256fda00ed3a78bb0fe724690668aeeb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ bool CPPEditor::isElectricCharacter(const QChar &ch) const
     return false;
 }
 
-bool CPPEditor::contextAllowsAutoParenthesis(const QTextCursor &cursor) const
+bool CPPEditor::contextAllowsAutoParentheses(const QTextCursor &cursor) const
 {
     CPlusPlus::TokenUnderCursor tokenUnderCursor;
     const SimpleToken tk = tokenUnderCursor(cursor);
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.h
index 224033d182ea619d60d4f46c0ea5d788d67ca10b..82368bd0903978fa73aa7a0bd3d34b80034d9e8c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.h
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ protected:
 
     // These override BaseTextEditor
     bool isElectricCharacter(const QChar &ch) const;
-    bool contextAllowsAutoParenthesis(const QTextCursor &cursor) const;
+    bool contextAllowsAutoParentheses(const QTextCursor &cursor) const;
 
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void updateFileName();
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
index 97d9b6f4fd27490118a4a0ff9550467c5f56300e..121d84cb2248b8f826a1d47bd833331e3c3a78a9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
@@ -1121,10 +1121,10 @@ void BaseTextEditor::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e)
         if (!electricChar.isNull())
             cursor.beginEditBlock();
 
-        bool insertAutoParenthesis = !autoText.isEmpty() && contextAllowsAutoParenthesis(cursor);
+        bool insertAutoParentheses = !autoText.isEmpty() && contextAllowsAutoParentheses(cursor);
         cursor.insertText(text);
 
-        if (insertAutoParenthesis) {
+        if (insertAutoParentheses) {
             int pos = cursor.position();
             cursor.insertText(autoText);
             cursor.setPosition(pos);
@@ -3329,7 +3329,7 @@ bool BaseTextEditor::isElectricCharacter(const QChar &) const
     return false;
 }
 
-bool BaseTextEditor::contextAllowsAutoParenthesis(const QTextCursor &) const
+bool BaseTextEditor::contextAllowsAutoParentheses(const QTextCursor &) const
 {
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
index 6477ab71e1dd9db2e427386f507f0599dacac3d4..efaae0024ebf8984a109af1098299394323d6f77 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ protected:
     // Returns true if key triggers an indent.
     virtual bool isElectricCharacter(const QChar &ch) const;
     // Returns true if automatic brace matching should be enabled in the context of the given cursor
-    virtual bool contextAllowsAutoParenthesis(const QTextCursor &cursor) const;
+    virtual bool contextAllowsAutoParentheses(const QTextCursor &cursor) const;
     // Indent a text block based on previous line. Default does nothing
     virtual void indentBlock(QTextDocument *doc, QTextBlock block, QChar typedChar);
     // Indent at cursor. Calls indentBlock for selection or current line.