diff --git a/rcl/include/rcl/subscription.h b/rcl/include/rcl/subscription.h
index 0c3db4c6d..083514955 100644
--- a/rcl/include/rcl/subscription.h
+++ b/rcl/include/rcl/subscription.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ rcl_get_zero_initialized_subscription(void);
  * ```
  *
  * The rosidl_message_type_support_t object contains message type specific
- * information used to publish messages.
+ * information used to subscribe to messages.
  *
  * The topic name must be a c string which follows the topic and service name
  * format rules for unexpanded names, also known as non-fully qualified names: