diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageDraw.py b/src/PIL/ImageDraw.py
index ec15b535f..23d7e6973 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageDraw.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageDraw.py
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ def getdraw(im=None, hints=None):
     :returns: A (drawing context, drawing resource factory) tuple.
     """
     if hints is not None:
-        deprecate("'hints' argument", 12)
+        deprecate("'hints' parameter", 12)
     from . import ImageDraw2
 
     if im: