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diff --git a/docs/source/distutils/apiref.rst b/docs/source/distutils/apiref.rst
index c43ec2e..6951d84 100644
--- a/docs/source/distutils/apiref.rst
+++ b/docs/source/distutils/apiref.rst
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ tarballs or zipfiles.
 .. function:: make_zipfile(base_name, base_dir[, verbose=0, dry_run=0])
 
    Create a zip file from all files in and under *base_dir*.  The output zip file
-   will be named *base_dir* + :file:`.zip`.  Uses either the :mod:`zipfile` Python
+   will be named *base_name* + :file:`.zip`.  Uses either the :mod:`zipfile` Python
    module (if available) or the InfoZIP :file:`zip` utility (if installed and
    found on the default search path).  If neither tool is available, raises
    :exc:`DistutilsExecError`.  Returns the name of the output zip file.