diff --git a/src/afs/afs_buffer.c b/src/afs/afs_buffer.c
index 9597cd52a7..7f8fd45d52 100644
--- a/src/afs/afs_buffer.c
+++ b/src/afs/afs_buffer.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ DFlush(void)
  * Prepare a new directory page buffer
  *
  * \param adc	    pointer to the directory object dcache
- * \param nblobs    page we want
+ * \param page	    page we want
  * \param entry	    buffer to return requested page
  *
  * \retval 0	    success; entry is updated