diff --git a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
index e334faae13c..fe72a4d8d24 100644
--- a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
+++ b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
@@ -17502,7 +17502,7 @@ If you load many extensions, as I do, then instead of specifying the
 exact location of the extension file, as shown above, you can specify
 that directory as part of Emacs's @code{load-path}.  Then, when Emacs
 loads a file, it will search that directory as well as its default
-list of directories.  (The default list is specified in @file{paths.h}
+list of directories.  (The default list is specified in @file{epaths.h}
 when Emacs is built.)
 
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