diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 80ba37307df..52c6c067ef4 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -5121,9 +5121,9 @@ def json_schema_type(python_type_name: str):
     return python_to_json_schema_types.get(python_type_name, "string")
 
 
-def function_to_dict(input_function):  # noqa: C901
+def function_to_dict(input_function) -> dict:  # noqa: C901
     """Using type hints and numpy-styled docstring,
-    produce a dictionnary usable for OpenAI function calling
+    produce a dictionary usable for OpenAI function calling
 
     Parameters
     ----------