diff --git a/docs/reference/gio/glib-compile-resources.xml b/docs/reference/gio/glib-compile-resources.xml
index a9e336709..fcce89a1a 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gio/glib-compile-resources.xml
+++ b/docs/reference/gio/glib-compile-resources.xml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Note that this may or may not be portable to non-GNU <command>make</command>.
 <term><option>--c-name</option></term>
 <listitem><para>
 Specify the prefix used for the C identifiers in the code generated by
-<option>--generate-source</option> and <option>--generate-headers</option>.
+<option>--generate-source</option> and <option>--generate-header</option>.
 </para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>