diff --git a/lib/hypervisor/hv_base.py b/lib/hypervisor/hv_base.py
index fbac820d7c0a4617d79490a16c651988fa01891d..252e665e25d70eb4feb1e4ef852677ee461a30f6 100644
--- a/lib/hypervisor/hv_base.py
+++ b/lib/hypervisor/hv_base.py
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class BaseHypervisor(object):
     """Migrate an instance.
 
     @type instance: L{object.Instance}
-    @param name: the instance to be migrated
+    @param instance: the instance to be migrated
     @type target: string
     @param target: hostname (usually ip) of the target node
     @type live: boolean