diff --git a/Lib/datetime.py b/Lib/datetime.py
index c3c2568f986..60927de6ade 100644
--- a/Lib/datetime.py
+++ b/Lib/datetime.py
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ def __reduce__(self):
 class tzinfo:
     """Abstract base class for time zone info classes.
 
-    Subclasses must override the name(), utcoffset() and dst() methods.
+    Subclasses must override the tzname(), utcoffset() and dst() methods.
     """
     __slots__ = ()