diff --git a/gio/gfileinfo.c b/gio/gfileinfo.c
index dd505df4c..0f3026c3f 100644
--- a/gio/gfileinfo.c
+++ b/gio/gfileinfo.c
@@ -2391,7 +2391,7 @@ matcher_optimize (GFileAttributeMatcher *matcher)
  * the number of references falls to 0, the #GFileAttributeMatcher is
  * automatically destroyed.
  *
- * The @attribute string should be formatted with specific keys separated
+ * The @attributes string should be formatted with specific keys separated
  * from namespaces with a double colon. Several "namespace::key" strings may be
  * concatenated with a single comma (e.g. "standard::type,standard::is-hidden").
  * The wildcard "*" may be used to match all keys and namespaces, or