diff --git a/include/io/channel-file.h b/include/io/channel-file.h
index d2462c2ed7..79245f1183 100644
--- a/include/io/channel-file.h
+++ b/include/io/channel-file.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ qio_channel_file_new_fd(int fd);
 
 /**
  * qio_channel_file_new_path:
- * @fd: the file descriptor
+ * @path: the file path
  * @flags: the open flags (O_RDONLY|O_WRONLY|O_RDWR, etc)
  * @mode: the file creation mode if O_WRONLY is set in @flags
  * @errp: pointer to initialized error object