diff --git a/base_classes/NXdata.nxdl.xml b/base_classes/NXdata.nxdl.xml
index aeb3a9da13..e72c585122 100644
--- a/base_classes/NXdata.nxdl.xml
+++ b/base_classes/NXdata.nxdl.xml
@@ -326,10 +326,10 @@
 			should be used.
 
 			Example:
-			    If the root-level ``NXdata`` corresponds to a readout of a detector, ``@target`` points
-				to that the ``NXdata`` group of the `NXdetector` group describing this detector:
+			    If the root-level ``NXdata`` corresponds to a readout of a specific detector called "my_detector", ``@target`` points
+				to that ``NXdata`` group of the `NXdetector` group describing that detector:
 
-				  @target: '/entry/instrument/detector/data'
+				  @target: '/entry/instrument/my_detector/data'
         </doc>
     </attribute>
 	<attribute name="AXISNAME_indices" type="NX_INT" nameType="partial">