diff --git a/src/datasets/dataset_dict.py b/src/datasets/dataset_dict.py
index 0ddbbb21648..9e3e8543b77 100644
--- a/src/datasets/dataset_dict.py
+++ b/src/datasets/dataset_dict.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def column_names(self) -> Dict[str, List[str]]:
 
     @property
     def shape(self) -> Dict[str, Tuple[int]]:
-        """Shape of each split of the dataset (number of columns, number of rows).
+        """Shape of each split of the dataset (number of rows, number of columns).
 
         Example: