diff --git a/pep-3137.txt b/pep-3137.txt
index b48830953..cf693d920 100644
--- a/pep-3137.txt
+++ b/pep-3137.txt
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ I propose the following type names at the Python level:
 
   - ``memoryview`` is a bytes view on another object (PyMemory)
 
-The old type named ``bytearray`` is so similar to the new type
+The old type named ``buffer`` is so similar to the new type
 ``memoryview``, introduce by PEP 3118, that it is redundant.  The rest
 of this PEP doesn't discuss the functionality of ``memoryview``; it is
 just mentioned here to justify getting rid of the old ``buffer`` type.