diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/BufferedMutatorParams.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/BufferedMutatorParams.java
index 49fb77baef87..9044cdbb36ff 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/BufferedMutatorParams.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/BufferedMutatorParams.java
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ public int getRpcTimeout() {
     return rpcTimeout;
   }
 
+  public BufferedMutatorParams operationTimeout(final int operationTimeout) {
+    this.operationTimeout = operationTimeout;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @deprecated Since 2.3.0, will be removed in 4.0.0. Use {@link #operationTimeout()}
+   */
+  @Deprecated
   public BufferedMutatorParams opertationTimeout(final int operationTimeout) {
     this.operationTimeout = operationTimeout;
     return this;