diff --git a/Framework/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp b/Framework/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp
index 5d105528bd6fe59c56f29321e2cc0d86e5e17b92..0a7f4017a102eb70a7d776475b6d10f48b7c74d4 100644
--- a/Framework/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp
+++ b/Framework/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp
@@ -1623,7 +1623,7 @@ const std::vector<std::string> &ConfigServiceImpl::getUserSearchDirs() const {
 
 /**
 * Sets the search directories for XML instrument definition files (IDFs)
-* @params directories An ordered list of paths for instrument searching
+* @param directories An ordered list of paths for instrument searching
 */
 void ConfigServiceImpl::setInstrumentDirectories(
     const std::vector<std::string> &directories) {