diff --git a/habitat/core/agent.py b/habitat/core/agent.py
index 0b8f299b61dd5b2051811bba3614663c3811202a..26b5b85378c7b569f4e74160ecc9a65552f7b100 100644
--- a/habitat/core/agent.py
+++ b/habitat/core/agent.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
 # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 r"""Base implementation of agent inside habitat. To build agents inside habitat 
-the user should subclass ``habitat.Agent`` and implement the ``step()``
+the user should subclass ``habitat.Agent`` and implement the ``act()``
 and ``reset()`` methods.
 """