diff --git a/django/template/defaultfilters.py b/django/template/defaultfilters.py
index 5d56ec0c494..bd9f55b1e90 100644
--- a/django/template/defaultfilters.py
+++ b/django/template/defaultfilters.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def wordwrap(value, arg):
     """
     Wraps words at specified line length
 
-    Argument: number of words to wrap the text at.
+    Argument: number of characters to wrap the text at.
     """
     from django.utils.text import wrap
     return wrap(str(value), int(arg))