diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/mod.rs
index 97bc75ebbb..fb36921baf 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/mod.rs
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ impl World {
         Some(())
     }
 
-    /// Retrieves a mutable untyped reference to the given `entity`'s [Component] of the given [`ComponentId`].
+    /// Retrieves an immutable untyped reference to the given `entity`'s [Component] of the given [`ComponentId`].
     /// Returns [None] if the `entity` does not have a [Component] of the given type.
     ///
     /// **You should prefer to use the typed API [`World::get_mut`] where possible and only