diff --git a/src/xtgeo/surface/regular_surface.py b/src/xtgeo/surface/regular_surface.py
index a3823c606..d6befb7b5 100644
--- a/src/xtgeo/surface/regular_surface.py
+++ b/src/xtgeo/surface/regular_surface.py
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ def to_file(
         deprecated_in="2.15",
         removed_in="4.0",
         current_version=__version__,
-        details="Use xtgeo.surface_from_hdf() instead",
+        details="Use xtgeo.surface_from_file() instead",
     )
     def from_hdf(
         self,