diff --git a/pkgs/racket-doc/xml/xml.scrbl b/pkgs/racket-doc/xml/xml.scrbl
index cc57fc1250..e580da655d 100644
--- a/pkgs/racket-doc/xml/xml.scrbl
+++ b/pkgs/racket-doc/xml/xml.scrbl
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ Converts an @tech{X-expression} into a string containing XML.}
 
 Converts XML represented with a string into an @tech{X-expression}.}
 
-@defproc[(xml-encode-attribute [str string?]) string?]{
+@defproc[(xml-attribute-encode [str string?]) string?]{
 
 Escapes a string as required for XML attributes.