diff --git a/include/linux/nd.h b/include/linux/nd.h
index f778f962d1b6..55c735997805 100644
--- a/include/linux/nd.h
+++ b/include/linux/nd.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static inline int nvdimm_read_bytes(struct nd_namespace_common *ndns,
 
 /**
  * nvdimm_write_bytes() - synchronously write bytes to an nvdimm namespace
- * @ndns: device to read
+ * @ndns: device to write
  * @offset: namespace-relative starting offset
  * @buf: buffer to drain
  * @size: transfer length