diff --git a/src/pkg/time/format.go b/src/pkg/time/format.go
index d09735763f..082a51a162 100644
--- a/src/pkg/time/format.go
+++ b/src/pkg/time/format.go
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ func quote(s string) string {
 	return "\"" + s + "\""
 }
 
-// String is the string representation of a ParseError.
+// Error returns the string representation of a ParseError.
 func (e *ParseError) Error() string {
 	if e.Message == "" {
 		return "parsing time " +