diff --git a/python/pyspark/rdd.py b/python/pyspark/rdd.py
index 9c69c79236edcee98bcc2aca0b8aa5369ff3d991..8a215fc51130a250f4c320dac036e1a84c6c2825 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/rdd.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/rdd.py
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ class RDD(object):
 
     def min(self):
         """
-        Find the maximum item in this RDD.
+        Find the minimum item in this RDD.
 
         >>> sc.parallelize([1.0, 5.0, 43.0, 10.0]).min()
         1.0