typo

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pyramid/compat.py b/pyramid/compat.py
index 484cb7b97..12b8c9f37 100644
--- a/pyramid/compat.py
+++ b/pyramid/compat.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ else:
 
 def text_(s, encoding='latin-1', errors='strict'):
     """ If ``s`` is an instance of ``binary_type``, return
-    ``s.encode(encoding, errors)``, otherwise return ``s``"""
+    ``s.decode(encoding, errors)``, otherwise return ``s``"""
     if isinstance(s, binary_type):
         return s.decode(encoding, errors)
     return s # pragma: no cover