diff --git a/docs/reference/PixelAccess.rst b/docs/reference/PixelAccess.rst
index 5c81ffad9..f5632ddff 100644
--- a/docs/reference/PixelAccess.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/PixelAccess.rst
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Results in the following::
         multi-band images
 
         :param xy: The pixel coordinate, given as (x, y).
-        :param value: The pixel value.
+        :param color: The pixel value according to its mode. e.g. tuple (r, g, b) for RGB mode)
 
   .. method:: getpixel(self, xy):