diff --git a/spacy/ml/models/entity_linker.py b/spacy/ml/models/entity_linker.py
index ea8882430..7fe0b4741 100644
--- a/spacy/ml/models/entity_linker.py
+++ b/spacy/ml/models/entity_linker.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def get_candidates_batch(
     """
     Return candidate entities for the given mentions and fetching appropriate entries from the index.
     kb (KnowledgeBase): Knowledge base to query.
-    mention (Iterable[Span]): Entity mentions for which to identify candidates.
+    mentions (Iterable[Span]): Entity mentions for which to identify candidates.
     RETURNS (Iterable[Iterable[Candidate]]): Identified candidates.
     """
     return kb.get_candidates_batch(mentions)