diff --git a/include/SDL_render.h b/include/SDL_render.h
index 71578ec20..5b7b059af 100644
--- a/include/SDL_render.h
+++ b/include/SDL_render.h
@@ -1765,8 +1765,8 @@ extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_DestroyTexture(SDL_Texture * texture);
 /**
  * Destroy the rendering context for a window and free associated textures.
  *
- * If `window` is NULL, this function will return immediately after setting
- * the SDL error message to "Invalid window". See SDL_GetError().
+ * If `renderer` is NULL, this function will return immediately after setting
+ * the SDL error message to "Invalid renderer". See SDL_GetError().
  *
  * \param renderer the rendering context
  *