diff --git a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.11.1.rst b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.11.1.rst
index 832e1a7221..7c8f01743e 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.11.1.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.11.1.rst
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Contributors
 * Mark A. Mikofski (:ghuser:`mikofski`)
 * Ben Pierce (:ghuser:`bgpierc`)
 * Jose Meza (:ghuser:`JoseMezaMendieta`)
+* Luiz Reis (:ghuser:`luizreiscver`)
 * Carlos Cárdenas-Bravo (:ghuser:`cardenca`)
 * Marcos R. Escudero (:ghuser:`marc-resc`)
 * Bernat Nicolau (:ghuser:`BernatNicolau`)
diff --git a/pvlib/singlediode.py b/pvlib/singlediode.py
index a1261f3f64..e76ea8f263 100644
--- a/pvlib/singlediode.py
+++ b/pvlib/singlediode.py
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ def _shape_of_max_size(*args):
 def _prepare_newton_inputs(x0, args, method_kwargs):
     """
     Make inputs compatible with Scipy's newton by:
-    - converting all arugments (`x0` and `args`) into numpy.ndarrays if any
+    - converting all arguments (`x0` and `args`) into numpy.ndarrays if any
       argument is not a scalar.
     - broadcasting the initial guess `x0` to the shape of the argument with
       the greatest size.