diff --git a/lisp/org-footnote.el b/lisp/org-footnote.el
index 36fcfb2..1ce1815 100644
--- a/lisp/org-footnote.el
+++ b/lisp/org-footnote.el
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ with start and label of the footnote if there is a definition at point."
       (message "Edit definition and go back with `C-c &' or, if unique, with `C-c C-c'."))))
 
 (defun org-footnote-goto-previous-reference (label)
-  "Find the next previous of the footnote with label LABEL."
+  "Find the immediately previous reference of the footnote with label LABEL."
   (interactive "sLabel: ")
   (org-mark-ring-push)
   (setq label (org-footnote-normalize-label label))