diff --git a/glib/gvariant.c b/glib/gvariant.c
index 983d4704c..0b6edc2ab 100644
--- a/glib/gvariant.c
+++ b/glib/gvariant.c
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ g_variant_lookup (GVariant    *dictionary,
  * string specifies what type of value is expected to be inside of the
  * variant. If the value inside the variant has a different type then
  * %NULL is returned. In the event that @dictionary has a value type other
- * than v then @expected_type must directly match the key type and it is
+ * than v then @expected_type must directly match the value type and it is
  * used to unpack the value directly or an error occurs.
  *
  * In either case, if @key is not found in @dictionary, %NULL is returned.