diff --git a/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_AbstractFifo.h b/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_AbstractFifo.h
index f576308356..bdb86dff07 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_AbstractFifo.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_AbstractFifo.h
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public:
         }
         @endcode
 
-        @param numWanted        indicates how many items you'd like to add to the buffer
+        @param numWanted        indicates how many items you'd like to read from the buffer
         @param startIndex1      on exit, this will contain the start index in your buffer at which your data should be written
         @param blockSize1       on exit, this indicates how many items can be written to the block starting at startIndex1
         @param startIndex2      on exit, this will contain the start index in your buffer at which any data that didn't fit into