diff --git a/include/io/channel.h b/include/io/channel.h
index 5d48906998..db9bb022a1 100644
--- a/include/io/channel.h
+++ b/include/io/channel.h
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ ssize_t qio_channel_read(QIOChannel *ioc,
                          Error **errp);
 
 /**
- * qio_channel_writev:
+ * qio_channel_write:
  * @ioc: the channel object
  * @buf: the memory regions to send data from
  * @buflen: the length of @buf