diff --git a/gtsam/linear/NoiseModel.h b/gtsam/linear/NoiseModel.h
index bdb25bec0..225497b42 100644
--- a/gtsam/linear/NoiseModel.h
+++ b/gtsam/linear/NoiseModel.h
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ namespace gtsam {
       /**
        * Mahalanobis distance
        */
-      virtual double MahalanobisDistance(const Vector& v) const {
+      virtual double mahalanobisDistance(const Vector& v) const {
         return std::sqrt(squaredMahalanobisDistance(v));
       }