diff --git a/FL/Fl_Widget.H b/FL/Fl_Widget.H
index af8b3000e..9ee3c0830 100644
--- a/FL/Fl_Widget.H
+++ b/FL/Fl_Widget.H
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public:
       Override this function to draw your own widgets.
 
       If you ever need to call another widget's draw method <I>from within your
-      own draw method</I>, e.g. for an embedded scrollbar, you must downcast the
+      own draw method</I>, e.g. for an embedded scrollbar, you must upcast the
       embedded widget's pointer to Fl_Widget* and call the virtual draw() method.
 
       \code