diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/xmlnode.tex b/docs/latex/wx/xmlnode.tex
index 2e00889722..8c7b9f691c 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/xmlnode.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/xmlnode.tex
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ Returns a pointer to the parent of this node or \NULL if this node has no parent
 \constfunc{bool}{GetPropVal}{\param{const wxString\& }{propName}, \param{wxString* }{value}}
 
 Returns \true if a property named {\it propName} could be found.
-If the {\it value} pointer is not \NULL, the value of that property is saved there.
+The value of that property is saved in \arg{value} (which must not be \NULL).
 
 \constfunc{wxString}{GetPropVal}{\param{const wxString\& }{propName}, \param{const wxString\& }{defaultVal}}