diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/text.py b/lib/matplotlib/text.py
index a55afdb49b69..9fef5760c734 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/text.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/text.py
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ def set_horizontalalignment(self, align):
         self.stale = True
 
     def set_ma(self, align):
-        'alias for set_verticalalignment'
+        'alias for set_multialignment'
         self.set_multialignment(align)
 
     def set_multialignment(self, align):