diff --git a/src/util/vircgroup.c b/src/util/vircgroup.c
index 7c594280e6..cc67f151b8 100644
--- a/src/util/vircgroup.c
+++ b/src/util/vircgroup.c
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ virCgroupSetPartitionSuffix(const char *path, char **res)
  * @controllers: mask of controllers to create
  *
  * Creates a new cgroup to represent the resource
- * partition path identified by @name.
+ * partition path identified by @path.
  *
  * Returns 0 on success, -1 on failure
  */