diff --git a/src/conf.py b/src/conf.py
index f8864d57c..e2329827d 100644
--- a/src/conf.py
+++ b/src/conf.py
@@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ registerGlobalValue(supybot, 'externalIP',
    empty string, the bot will attempt to find out its IP dynamically (though
    sometimes that doesn't work, hence this variable). This variable is not used
    by Limnoria and its built-in plugins: see supybot.protocols.irc.vhost /
-   supybot.protocols.irc.vhost6 to set the IRC bind host, and
+   supybot.protocols.irc.vhostv6 to set the IRC bind host, and
    supybot.servers.http.hosts4 / supybot.servers.http.hosts6 to set the HTTP
    server bind host.""")))