diff --git a/include/io/channel.h b/include/io/channel.h
index db9bb022a1..54f3dc252f 100644
--- a/include/io/channel.h
+++ b/include/io/channel.h
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ ssize_t qio_channel_writev(QIOChannel *ioc,
                            Error **errp);
 
 /**
- * qio_channel_readv:
+ * qio_channel_read:
  * @ioc: the channel object
  * @buf: the memory region to read data into
  * @buflen: the length of @buf