diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index c0d903d54d9..850805b262c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    (where :func:`open` is declared), :mod:`os`, :mod:`os.path`, :mod:`tempfile`,
    and :mod:`shutil`.
 
-   .. audit-event:: open file,mode,flags open
+   .. audit-event:: open path,mode,flags open
 
    The ``mode`` and ``flags`` arguments may have been modified or inferred from
    the original call.