diff --git a/doc/source/getting_started/intro_tutorials/02_read_write.rst b/doc/source/getting_started/intro_tutorials/02_read_write.rst
index 12fa2a1e094d6..c6c6bfefc4303 100644
--- a/doc/source/getting_started/intro_tutorials/02_read_write.rst
+++ b/doc/source/getting_started/intro_tutorials/02_read_write.rst
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ named *passengers* instead of the default *Sheet1*. By setting
         </li>
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-The equivalent read function :meth:`~DataFrame.to_excel` will reload the data to a
+The equivalent read function :meth:`~DataFrame.read_excel` will reload the data to a
 ``DataFrame``:
 
 .. ipython:: python