diff --git a/plugins/modules/mysql_db.py b/plugins/modules/mysql_db.py
index 4a2c954a..e1d1a7a0 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/mysql_db.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/mysql_db.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
   pipefail:
     description:
     - Use C(bash) instead of C(sh) and add C(-o pipefail) to catch errors from the
-      mysql_dump command when I(state=import) and compression is used.
+      mysql_dump command when I(state=dump) and compression is used.
     - The default is C(no) to prevent issues on systems without bash as a default interpreter.
     - The default will change to C(yes) in community.mysql 4.0.0.
     type: bool