diff --git a/modules/python/api b/modules/python/api
index 60d1843c32..9936407704 100644
--- a/modules/python/api
+++ b/modules/python/api
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ MatchTemplate
   CvArr templ
   CvArr result
   int method
-MatchShapes
+MatchShapes double
   CvSeq object1
   CvSeq object2
   int method