diff --git a/skimage/_shared/geometry.pyx b/skimage/_shared/geometry.pyx
index 6f7de4cd..3f4850b0 100644
--- a/skimage/_shared/geometry.pyx
+++ b/skimage/_shared/geometry.pyx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#cython: cdivison=True
+#cython: cdivision=True
 #cython: boundscheck=False
 #cython: nonecheck=False
 #cython: wraparound=False
diff --git a/skimage/_shared/interpolation.pyx b/skimage/_shared/interpolation.pyx
index 71852ace..137004e5 100644
--- a/skimage/_shared/interpolation.pyx
+++ b/skimage/_shared/interpolation.pyx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#cython: cdivison=True
+#cython: cdivision=True
 #cython: boundscheck=False
 #cython: nonecheck=False
 #cython: wraparound=False
diff --git a/skimage/_shared/transform.pyx b/skimage/_shared/transform.pyx
index e4bbfa74..ba0efc71 100644
--- a/skimage/_shared/transform.pyx
+++ b/skimage/_shared/transform.pyx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#cython: cdivison=True
+#cython: cdivision=True
 #cython: boundscheck=False
 #cython: nonecheck=False
 #cython: wraparound=False
diff --git a/skimage/feature/_texture.pyx b/skimage/feature/_texture.pyx
index 20b61513..0e82c306 100644
--- a/skimage/feature/_texture.pyx
+++ b/skimage/feature/_texture.pyx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#cython: cdivison=True
+#cython: cdivision=True
 #cython: boundscheck=False
 #cython: nonecheck=False
 #cython: wraparound=False
diff --git a/skimage/transform/_project.pyx b/skimage/transform/_project.pyx
index dbbdfc7d..3e9a9295 100644
--- a/skimage/transform/_project.pyx
+++ b/skimage/transform/_project.pyx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#cython: cdivison=True
+#cython: cdivision=True
 #cython: boundscheck=False
 #cython: nonecheck=False
 #cython: wraparound=False