diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline_handler.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline_handler.cpp
index 433c05f60db0..03aa865f5b36 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline_handler.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline_handler.cpp
@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ const ControlList &PipelineHandler::properties(const Camera *camera) const
  * application.
  *
  * The configuration is guaranteed to have been validated with
- * CameraConfiguration::valid(). The pipeline handler implementation shall not
- * perform further validation and may rely on any custom field stored in its
+ * CameraConfiguration::validate(). The pipeline handler implementation shall
+ * not perform further validation and may rely on any custom field stored in its
  * custom CameraConfiguration derived class.
  *
  * When configuring the camera the pipeline handler shall associate a Stream