diff --git a/error.go b/error.go
index de6ce47..150fd95 100644
--- a/error.go
+++ b/error.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 // If only two errors are being combined, the Append function may be used
 // instead.
 //
-// 	err = multierr.Combine(reader.Close(), writer.Close())
+// 	err = multierr.Append(reader.Close(), writer.Close())
 //
 // This makes it possible to record resource cleanup failures from deferred
 // blocks with the help of named return values.