diff --git a/gio/gapplication.c b/gio/gapplication.c
index 315134237..0f59be885 100644
--- a/gio/gapplication.c
+++ b/gio/gapplication.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
  *     is using its D-Bus backend. Use this to undo anything done by the
  *     @dbus_register vfunc. Since: 2.34
  * @handle_local_options: invoked locally after the parsing of the commandline
- *  options has occurred.
+ *  options has occurred. Since: 2.40
  *
  * Virtual function table for #GApplication.
  *