diff --git a/gridfs/grid_file.py b/gridfs/grid_file.py
index c68deb749..45b45e181 100644
--- a/gridfs/grid_file.py
+++ b/gridfs/grid_file.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class GridFile(object):
         """Open a "file" in GridFS.
 
         Application developers should generally not need to instantiate this
-        class directly - instead see the `gridfs.open` method.
+        class directly - instead see the `gridfs.GridFS.open` method.
 
         Only a single opened GridFile instance may exist for a file in gridfs
         at any time. Care must be taken to close GridFile instances when done