diff --git a/service_container.rst b/service_container.rst
index e0d2de287ca..7c610741393 100644
--- a/service_container.rst
+++ b/service_container.rst
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ This is mostly useful when you want to fetch services lazily::
 
 As a best practice, you should only create *private* services, which will happen
 automatically. And also, you should *not* use the ``$container->get()`` method to
-fetch public services.
+fetch private services.
 
 But, if you *do* need to make a service public, override the ``public`` setting: