diff --git a/reference/mongo/mongocursor/immortal.xml b/reference/mongo/mongocursor/immortal.xml
index 0916989140..177c0937a6 100644
--- a/reference/mongo/mongocursor/immortal.xml
+++ b/reference/mongo/mongocursor/immortal.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
    If, for some reason, you need a cursor to hang around for a long time, you 
    can prevent the database from cleaning it up by using this method.  However,
    if you make a cursor immortal, you need to iterate through all of its results
-   (or at least until <function>Cursor::dead</function> returns &true;) or the
+   (or at least until <methodname>MongoCursor::dead</methodname> returns &true;) or the
    cursor will hang around the database forever, taking up resources.
   </para>
  </refsect1>