semantic correction function -> method
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/xml_helper.rst b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/xml_helper.rst
index cd19909..6d26c58 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/xml_helper.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/xml_helper.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
The following functions are available:
-.. method:: xml_convert($str[, $protect_all = FALSE])
+.. function:: xml_convert($str[, $protect_all = FALSE])
:param string $str: the text string to convert
:param bool $protect_all: Whether to protect all content that looks like a potential entity instead of just numbered entities, e.g. &foo;