diff --git a/modules/base/pymod/table.py b/modules/base/pymod/table.py
index c156af92fd1d0b71eae164a9e627f13d6faaebc1..d2c1e7b0038c09135e64306d5c1d9c6d5207afcd 100644
--- a/modules/base/pymod/table.py
+++ b/modules/base/pymod/table.py
@@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@ class Table(object):
     
 
 
-  def GaussianSmooth(self, col, std=1.0, na_value=0.0, padding='reflect', cval=0.0):
+  def GaussianSmooth(self, col, std=1.0, na_value=0.0, padding='reflect', c=0.0):
 
     '''
     In place gaussian smooth of a column in the table with a given standard deviation.
@@ -1730,8 +1730,8 @@ class Table(object):
     :param padding: allows to handle padding behaviour see scipy ndimage.gaussian_filter1d documentation for more information. standard is reflect
     :type padding: :class:`str`
 
-    :param cval: constant value used for padding if padding mode is constant
-    :type cval: `scalar`
+    :param c: constant value used for padding if padding mode is constant
+    :type c: `scalar`
 
 
 
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@ class Table(object):
         vals.append(na_value)
 
     
-    smoothed_values_ndarray=ndimage.gaussian_filter1d(vals,std, mode=padding, cval=cval)
+    smoothed_values_ndarray=ndimage.gaussian_filter1d(vals,std, mode=padding, cval=c)
 
     result=[]