diff --git a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 46f88a3a6..2f9204210 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -7092,7 +7092,7 @@ class basic_json
 
     Removes elements from a JSON tree with the pointer value @ptr
 
-    @param[in] pointer value of the elements to remove
+    @param[in] ptr pointer to the value to remove
 
     @post References and iterators to the erased elements are invalidated.
     Other references and iterators are not affected.