diff --git a/gio/gfile.c b/gio/gfile.c
index 4dc5c9d6f..dd1dd5331 100644
--- a/gio/gfile.c
+++ b/gio/gfile.c
@@ -4522,7 +4522,7 @@ g_file_query_writable_namespaces (GFile         *file,
  *     %NULL to ignore
  * @error: a #GError, or %NULL
  *
- * Sets an attribute in the file with attribute name @attribute to @value.
+ * Sets an attribute in the file with attribute name @attribute to @value_p.
  *
  * Some attributes can be unset by setting @type to
  * %G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_INVALID and @value_p to %NULL.