diff --git a/appdirs.py b/appdirs.py
index 08abda8..f465c0c 100644
--- a/appdirs.py
+++ b/appdirs.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def user_config_dir(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, roaming=False):
 
 
 def site_config_dir(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, multipath=False):
-    r"""Return full path to the user-shared data dir for this application.
+    r"""Return full path to the user-shared config dir for this application.
 
         "appname" is the name of application.
             If None, just the system directory is returned.