diff --git a/magicgui/widgets/_concrete.py b/magicgui/widgets/_concrete.py
index b95865578..aa0bda75f 100644
--- a/magicgui/widgets/_concrete.py
+++ b/magicgui/widgets/_concrete.py
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ def __repr__(self) -> str:
 
 
 class SliceEdit(RangeEdit):
-    """A widget to represent range objects, with start/stop/step.
+    """A widget to represent `slice` objects, with start/stop/step.
 
     slice(stop)
     slice(start, stop[, step])