diff --git a/motorApp/MotorSrc/asynMotorController.cpp b/motorApp/MotorSrc/asynMotorController.cpp
index ced4ee4f..7b8199d0 100644
--- a/motorApp/MotorSrc/asynMotorController.cpp
+++ b/motorApp/MotorSrc/asynMotorController.cpp
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ asynStatus asynMotorController::writeController(const char *output, double timeo
 }
 
 /** Reads a string from the controller.
-  * Calls deadController() with default locations of the input string and default timeout. */ 
+  * Calls readController() with default locations of the input string and default timeout. */
 asynStatus asynMotorController::readController()
 {
   size_t nread;