diff --git a/ext/gio/gstgiostreamsrc.c b/ext/gio/gstgiostreamsrc.c
index b031de6bc5..bd6c686baa 100644
--- a/ext/gio/gstgiostreamsrc.c
+++ b/ext/gio/gstgiostreamsrc.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  * <refsect2>
  * <title>Example code</title>
  * <para>
- * The following example reads data from a #GMemoryOutputStream.
+ * The following example reads data from a #GMemoryInputStream.
  * |[
 
 #include &lt;gst/gst.h&gt;