diff --git a/src/flask/json/__init__.py b/src/flask/json/__init__.py
index 6ef22e26..5ca698f4 100644
--- a/src/flask/json/__init__.py
+++ b/src/flask/json/__init__.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def loads(s, app=None, **kwargs):
     :param s: JSON string to deserialize.
     :param app: Use this app's config instead of the active app context
         or defaults.
-    :param kwargs: Extra arguments passed to func:`json.dump`.
+    :param kwargs: Extra arguments passed to :func:`json.loads`.
 
     .. versionchanged:: 2.0
         ``encoding`` is deprecated and will be removed in 2.1. The data