diff --git a/docs/man/xenstore-write.1.pod b/docs/man/xenstore-write.1.pod
index a0b1bca333..74f80f7b1b 100644
--- a/docs/man/xenstore-write.1.pod
+++ b/docs/man/xenstore-write.1.pod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ xenstore-write - write Xenstore values
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-B<xenstore-read> [I<OPTION>]... I<PATH> I<VALUE>...
+B<xenstore-write> [I<OPTION>]... I<PATH> I<VALUE>...
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION