diff --git a/src/util/viralloc.c b/src/util/viralloc.c
index 342b0eb4d863b5d1eaa78f8be8b68fa8fd3ffcba..8f219bf1b5b56242932c6f823668d59fad38b9c4 100644
--- a/src/util/viralloc.c
+++ b/src/util/viralloc.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ virDeleteElementsN(void *ptrptr, size_t size, size_t at,
 }
 
 /**
- * Vir_Alloc_Var:
+ * virAllocVar:
  * @ptrptr: pointer to hold address of allocated memory
  * @struct_size: size of initial struct
  * @element_size: size of array elements