diff --git a/Lib/gzip.py b/Lib/gzip.py
index f6f63bbc6e5..8b8942642e7 100644
--- a/Lib/gzip.py
+++ b/Lib/gzip.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class GzipFile(io.BufferedIOBase):
     the exception of the readinto() and truncate() methods.
 
     This class only supports opening files in binary mode. If you need to open a
-    compressed file in text mode, wrap your GzipFile with an io.TextIOWrapper.
+    compressed file in text mode, use the gzip.open() function.
 
     """