diff --git a/lisp/jka-compr.el b/lisp/jka-compr.el
index 4466130293a..f9bec722f14 100644
--- a/lisp/jka-compr.el
+++ b/lisp/jka-compr.el
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ It is not recommended to set this variable permanently to anything but nil.")
   "Uninstall jka-compr.
 This removes the entries in `file-name-handler-alist' and `auto-mode-alist'
 and `inhibit-local-variables-suffixes' that were added
-by `jka-compr-installed'."
+by `jka-compr-install'."
   ;; Delete from inhibit-local-variables-suffixes what jka-compr-install added.
   (mapc
      (function (lambda (x)