diff --git a/plio/io/io_gdal.py b/plio/io/io_gdal.py
index 5fa66a57824272b6082d2290de7a3c7856fa562c..ca59fbf398f6806753e0b12689a9523c0f35e1f8 100644
--- a/plio/io/io_gdal.py
+++ b/plio/io/io_gdal.py
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ class GeoDataset(object):
                The image band number to be extracted as a NumPy array. Default band=1.
 
         pixels : list
-                 [xstart, ystart, xstop, ystop]. Default pixels=None.
+                 [xstart, ystart, xcount, ycount]. Default pixels=None.
 
         dtype : str
                 The NumPy dtype for the output array. Defaults to the band dtype.