diff --git a/xarray/core/dataset.py b/xarray/core/dataset.py
index 8b2f4783e34..77016ebf2ca 100644
--- a/xarray/core/dataset.py
+++ b/xarray/core/dataset.py
@@ -5302,7 +5302,7 @@ def map(
         args: Iterable[Any] = (),
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> Dataset:
-        """Apply a function to each variable in this dataset
+        """Apply a function to each data variable in this dataset
 
         Parameters
         ----------