diff --git a/Lib/distutils/archive_util.py b/Lib/distutils/archive_util.py
index 16164c7..6dd0445 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/archive_util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/archive_util.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 def make_zipfile(base_name, base_dir, verbose=0, dry_run=0):
     """Create a zip file from all the files under 'base_dir'.
 
-    The output zip file will be named 'base_dir' + ".zip".  Uses either the
+    The output zip file will be named 'base_name' + ".zip".  Uses either the
     "zipfile" Python module (if available) or the InfoZIP "zip" utility
     (if installed and found on the default search path).  If neither tool is
     available, raises DistutilsExecError.  Returns the name of the output zip