diff --git a/language/predefined/serializable.xml b/language/predefined/serializable.xml
index 7ca0189984..2af4eae524 100644
--- a/language/predefined/serializable.xml
+++ b/language/predefined/serializable.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     Note, that when an old instance of a class that implements this interface
     now, which had been serialized before the class implemeted the interface, is
     unserialized, <link linkend="object.wakeup">__wakeup()</link> is called
-    instead of the serialize method, which might be useful for migration
+    instead of the unserialize method, which might be useful for migration
     purposes.
    </para>
   </section>