diff --git a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/lldbutil.py b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/lldbutil.py
index 8112705438c1..b8a78b71f5ec 100644
--- a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/lldbutil.py
+++ b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/lldbutil.py
@@ -1464,8 +1464,8 @@ class ChildVisitingFormatter(BasicFormatter):
         return output.getvalue()
 
 
-class RecursiveDecentFormatter(BasicFormatter):
-    """The recursive decent formatter prints the value and the decendents.
+class RecursiveDescentFormatter(BasicFormatter):
+    """The recursive descent formatter prints the value and the descendents.
 
     The constructor takes two keyword args: indent_level, which defaults to 0,
     and indent_child, which defaults to 2.  The current indentation level is
@@ -1482,7 +1482,6 @@ class RecursiveDecentFormatter(BasicFormatter):
             output = io.StringIO()
         else:
             output = buffer
-
         BasicFormatter.format(self, value, buffer=output, indent=self.lindent)
         new_indent = self.lindent + self.cindent
         for child in value:
@@ -1490,7 +1489,7 @@ class RecursiveDecentFormatter(BasicFormatter):
                 BasicFormatter.format(self, child, buffer=output, indent=new_indent)
             else:
                 if child.GetNumChildren() > 0:
-                    rdf = RecursiveDecentFormatter(indent_level=new_indent)
+                    rdf = RecursiveDescentFormatter(indent_level=new_indent)
                     rdf.format(child, buffer=output)
                 else:
                     BasicFormatter.format(self, child, buffer=output, indent=new_indent)
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/python_api/value/TestValueAPI.py b/lldb/test/API/python_api/value/TestValueAPI.py
index 0da57346212d..907992bf05c0 100644
--- a/lldb/test/API/python_api/value/TestValueAPI.py
+++ b/lldb/test/API/python_api/value/TestValueAPI.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class ValueAPITestCase(TestBase):
 
         fmt = lldbutil.BasicFormatter()
         cvf = lldbutil.ChildVisitingFormatter(indent_child=2)
-        rdf = lldbutil.RecursiveDecentFormatter(indent_child=2)
+        rdf = lldbutil.RecursiveDescentFormatter(indent_child=2)
         if self.TraceOn():
             print(fmt.format(days_of_week))
             print(cvf.format(days_of_week))
diff --git a/lldb/utils/lui/lldbutil.py b/lldb/utils/lui/lldbutil.py
index 6cbf4a302f65..140317af3670 100644
--- a/lldb/utils/lui/lldbutil.py
+++ b/lldb/utils/lui/lldbutil.py
@@ -1040,8 +1040,8 @@ class ChildVisitingFormatter(BasicFormatter):
         return output.getvalue()
 
 
-class RecursiveDecentFormatter(BasicFormatter):
-    """The recursive decent formatter prints the value and the decendents.
+class RecursiveDescentFormatter(BasicFormatter):
+    """The recursive descent formatter prints the value and the descendents.
 
     The constructor takes two keyword args: indent_level, which defaults to 0,
     and indent_child, which defaults to 2.  The current indentation level is
@@ -1058,7 +1058,6 @@ class RecursiveDecentFormatter(BasicFormatter):
             output = io.StringIO()
         else:
             output = buffer
-
         BasicFormatter.format(self, value, buffer=output, indent=self.lindent)
         new_indent = self.lindent + self.cindent
         for child in value:
@@ -1066,7 +1065,7 @@ class RecursiveDecentFormatter(BasicFormatter):
                 BasicFormatter.format(self, child, buffer=output, indent=new_indent)
             else:
                 if child.GetNumChildren() > 0:
-                    rdf = RecursiveDecentFormatter(indent_level=new_indent)
+                    rdf = RecursiveDescentFormatter(indent_level=new_indent)
                     rdf.format(child, buffer=output)
                 else:
                     BasicFormatter.format(self, child, buffer=output, indent=new_indent)