diff --git a/xml/System.Security.Cryptography/HKDF.xml b/xml/System.Security.Cryptography/HKDF.xml
index 549401936d6..6789ade4ed8 100644
--- a/xml/System.Security.Cryptography/HKDF.xml
+++ b/xml/System.Security.Cryptography/HKDF.xml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ In situations where the input key material is already a uniformly random bit str
         <summary>Performs the key derivation HKDF Expand and Extract functions.</summary>
         <remarks>To be added.</remarks>
         <exception cref="T:System.ArgumentException">
-          <paramref name="ikm" /> is empty, or is larger than the maximum allowed length.</exception>
+          <paramref name="output" /> is empty, or is larger than the maximum allowed length.</exception>
       </Docs>
     </Member>
     <Member MemberName="Expand">