diff --git a/ocropus-hocr b/ocropus-hocr
index 3bf38443..3f9aa3f4 100755
--- a/ocropus-hocr
+++ b/ocropus-hocr
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ for arg in args.files:
 
                 PN("<span")
                 if style!="": PN(" style='"+style+"'")
-                PN(" class='ocr_line' title='%s'>"%info,word,"</span>")
+                PN(" class='ocr_line' title='%s'>"%info,text,"</span>")
                 if not args.nobreaks: P("<br />")
                 else: P()