diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/developing_plugins.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/developing_plugins.rst
index 0c84bbd275..6a6226db71 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/developing_plugins.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/developing_plugins.rst
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ You must write your plugin in Python so it can be loaded by the ``PluginLoader``
 Raising errors
 ==============
 
-You should return errors encountered during plugin execution by raising ``AnsibleError()`` or a similar class with a message describing the error. When wrapping other exceptions into error messages, you should always use the ``to_text`` Ansible function to ensure proper string compatibility across Python versions:
+You should return errors encountered during plugin execution by raising ``AnsibleError()`` or a similar class with a message describing the error. When wrapping other exceptions into error messages, you should always use the ``to_native`` Ansible function to ensure proper string compatibility across Python versions:
 
 .. code-block:: python