diff --git a/docs/mithril.route.md b/docs/mithril.route.md
index ceeb81a2..47eb6dd1 100644
--- a/docs/mithril.route.md
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@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ m.route(document.body, "/", {
 m.route("/dashboard"); // logs "unloading home"
 ```
 
-This mechanism is useful to clear timers and unsubscribe event handlers. If you have a hierarchy of components, you can recursively call `unload` on all the components in the tree or use a [pubsub](http://microjs.com/#pubsub) library to unload specific components on demand.
+This mechanism is useful to clear timers and unsubscribe event handlers. If you have a hierarchy of components, you can recursively call `onunload` on all the components in the tree or use a [pubsub](http://microjs.com/#pubsub) library to unload specific components on demand.
 
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