diff --git a/doc/lispref/files.texi b/doc/lispref/files.texi
index 4235c4900a3..3b1f2d5cb80 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/files.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/files.texi
@@ -1824,7 +1824,7 @@ Interactively, @var{mode} is read from the minibuffer using
 @code{read-file-modes} (see below), which lets the user type in either
 an integer or a string representing the permissions symbolically.
 
-@xref{File Attributes}, for the function @code{file-modes}, which
+@xref{Testing Accessibility}, for the function @code{file-modes}, which
 returns the permissions of a file.
 @end deffn