diff --git a/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/macros_misc.sgml b/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/macros_misc.sgml
index 9b83ea9be..39445574c 100644
--- a/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/macros_misc.sgml
+++ b/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/macros_misc.sgml
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ See the GNU C documentation for details.
 Expands to the GNU C <literal>deprecated</literal> attribute if the compiler 
 is <command>gcc</command>.
 It can be used to mark typedefs, variables and functions as deprecated. 
-When called with the <option>-Wdeprecated</option> option, the compiler will 
+When called with the <option>-Wdeprecated-declarations</option> option, the compiler will 
 generate warnings when deprecated interfaces are used.
 See the GNU C documentation for details. 
 </para>