diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/dirname.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/dirname.xml
index a059fce237..05fd795222 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/dirname.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/dirname.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     correct directory name with multibyte character paths, the matching codepage must 
     be set.
     If <parameter>path</parameter> contains characters which are invalid for the
-    current codepage, the behavior of <function>basename</function> is undefined.
+    current codepage, the behavior of <function>dirname</function> is undefined.
    </para>
    <para>
     On other systems, <function>dirname</function> assumes <parameter>path</parameter>