diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/metrics/classification/precision_recall.py b/pytorch_lightning/metrics/classification/precision_recall.py
index 7e1f843b9c331..6c2bf64a1ecfc 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/metrics/classification/precision_recall.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/metrics/classification/precision_recall.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def update(self, preds: torch.Tensor, target: torch.Tensor):
 
     def compute(self):
         """
-        Computes accuracy over state.
+        Computes recall over state.
         """
         if self.average == 'micro':
             return self.true_positives.sum().float() / (self.actual_positives.sum() + METRIC_EPS)