diff --git a/pymc/distributions/multivariate.py b/pymc/distributions/multivariate.py
index da10b12fa9c..9a927e7be27 100644
--- a/pymc/distributions/multivariate.py
+++ b/pymc/distributions/multivariate.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def quaddist_chol(value, mu, cov):
 
 class MvNormal(Continuous):
     r"""
-    Multivariate normal log-likelihood.
+    Multivariate normal distribution.
 
     .. math::