diff --git a/pandas/io/parsers.py b/pandas/io/parsers.py
index de0ed9407e161..af39031378555 100755
--- a/pandas/io/parsers.py
+++ b/pandas/io/parsers.py
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
    whether or not to interpret two consecutive quotechar elements INSIDE a
    field as a single ``quotechar`` element.
 escapechar : str (length 1), optional
-    One-character string used to escape delimiter when quoting is QUOTE_NONE.
+    One-character string used to escape other characters.
 comment : str, optional
     Indicates remainder of line should not be parsed. If found at the beginning
     of a line, the line will be ignored altogether. This parameter must be a