diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
index 35ca5a877a..8f2fff0e64 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ int esp_http_client_write(esp_http_client_handle_t client, const char *buffer, i
  * @param[in]  client  The esp_http_client handle
  *
  * @return
- *     - (0) if stream doesn't contain content-length header, or chunked encoding (checked by `esp_http_client_is_chunked` response)
+ *     - (0) if stream doesn't contain content-length header, or chunked encoding (checked by `esp_http_client_is_chunked_response`)
  *     - (-1: ESP_FAIL) if any errors
  *     - (-ESP_ERR_HTTP_EAGAIN = -0x7007) if call is timed-out before any data was ready
  *     - Download data length defined by content-length header