diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
index 07ab2828c0..75e281b7a3 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
@@ -9225,7 +9225,7 @@
                         "writable": false
                     },
                     "text-y": {
-                        "blurb": "Resulting X position of font rendering.",
+                        "blurb": "Resulting Y position of font rendering.",
                         "conditionally-available": false,
                         "construct": false,
                         "construct-only": false,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/pango/gstbasetextoverlay.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/pango/gstbasetextoverlay.c
index 2454a50e33..9eb7d305fb 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/pango/gstbasetextoverlay.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/pango/gstbasetextoverlay.c
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ gst_base_text_overlay_class_init (GstBaseTextOverlayClass * klass)
    */
   g_object_class_install_property (G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass), PROP_TEXT_Y,
       g_param_spec_int ("text-y", "vertical position",
-          "Resulting X position of font rendering.", -G_MAXINT,
+          "Resulting Y position of font rendering.", -G_MAXINT,
           G_MAXINT, DEFAULT_PROP_TEXT_Y, G_PARAM_READABLE));
 
   /**