diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi
index e15ab605db1..517e2a1fdd0 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/files.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ type @kbd{M-x normal-mode} to re-read them.
 Here is another example, with the time stamp inserted into
 the last paragraph of an HTML document.
 Since this template is at the end of the document, not in the first
-eight lines, @code{time-stamp-format} starts with @code{-10/} to tell
+eight lines, @code{time-stamp-pattern} starts with @code{-10/} to tell
 @code{time-stamp} to look at the last 10 lines.
 The @code{%%} asks for the default format
 (specified by @code{time-stamp-format}).