diff --git a/gio/gsocketcontrolmessage.c b/gio/gsocketcontrolmessage.c
index 4cd3ed8e8..1f257bc79 100644
--- a/gio/gsocketcontrolmessage.c
+++ b/gio/gsocketcontrolmessage.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  *
  * The message can represent some sort of special instruction to or
  * information from the socket or can represent a special kind of
- * transfer to the peer (for example, sending a file description over
+ * transfer to the peer (for example, sending a file descriptor over
  * a UNIX socket).
  *
  * These messages are sent with g_socket_send_message() and received