diff --git a/python/ray/tune/trainable.py b/python/ray/tune/trainable.py
index 1f97eb24b..888e95592 100644
--- a/python/ray/tune/trainable.py
+++ b/python/ray/tune/trainable.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Trainable:
         Sets up logging and points ``self.logdir`` to a directory in which
         training outputs should be placed.
 
-        Subclasses should prefer defining ``build()`` instead of overriding
+        Subclasses should prefer defining ``setup()`` instead of overriding
         ``__init__()`` directly.
 
         Args: