diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Pagination/Pagination-story.js b/packages/react/src/components/Pagination/Pagination-story.js
index 1f2b3d451480..244bc1320d7d 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/Pagination/Pagination-story.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Pagination/Pagination-story.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const props = () => ({
     'Previous page'
   ),
   forwardText: text(
-    'The description for the backward icon (forwardText)',
+    'The description for the forward icon (forwardText)',
     'Next page'
   ),
   pageSize: number('Number of items per page (pageSize)', 10),