diff --git a/src/wp-includes/category-template.php b/src/wp-includes/category-template.php
index bfb23264d1..f200eb9448 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/category-template.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/category-template.php
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ function category_description( $category = 0 ) {
  *                                           of the option elements. Accepts any valid term field: 'term_id', 'name',
  *                                           'slug', 'term_group', 'term_taxonomy_id', 'taxonomy', 'description',
  *                                           'parent', 'count'. Default 'term_id'.
- *     @type string|array $taxonomy          Name of the category or categories to retrieve. Default 'category'.
+ *     @type string|array $taxonomy          Name of the taxonomy or taxonomies to retrieve. Default 'category'.
  *     @type bool         $hide_if_empty     True to skip generating markup if no categories are found.
  *                                           Default false (create select element even if no categories are found).
  *     @type bool         $required          Whether the `<select>` element should have the HTML5 'required' attribute.