diff --git a/src/libcore/ptr.rs b/src/libcore/ptr.rs
index b6de9f57b0110..ada784e9ce705 100644
--- a/src/libcore/ptr.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/ptr.rs
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ pub unsafe fn write_unaligned<T>(dst: *mut T, src: T) {
 ///
 /// * `src` must be properly aligned.
 ///
-/// Like [`read`], `read_unaligned` creates a bitwise copy of `T`, regardless of
+/// Like [`read`], `read_volatile` creates a bitwise copy of `T`, regardless of
 /// whether `T` is [`Copy`]. If `T` is not [`Copy`], using both the returned
 /// value and the value at `*src` can [violate memory safety][read-ownership].
 /// However, storing non-[`Copy`] types in volatile memory is almost certainly