diff --git a/src/function/Stats.cpp b/src/function/Stats.cpp
index 4b27057f0626d767e72ee7080953e3f0d0c9d7ed..c9f5ef80401ebd52cdde2e9e3ba472f8107af71d 100644
--- a/src/function/Stats.cpp
+++ b/src/function/Stats.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ slope and the intercept of a linear fit.
 
 The reference values can be either provided as values using PARAMETERS or using value without derivatives
 from other actions using PARARG (for example using experimental values from collective variables such as
-\ref CS2BACKBONE, \ref RDC, \ref NOE, ref PRE).
+\ref CS2BACKBONE, \ref RDC, \ref NOE, \ref PRE).
 
 \par Examples
 The following input tells plumed to print the distance between three couple of atoms