diff --git a/src/lv_objx/lv_tabview.c b/src/lv_objx/lv_tabview.c
index 681ef83249..1769c8b669 100644
--- a/src/lv_objx/lv_tabview.c
+++ b/src/lv_objx/lv_tabview.c
@@ -200,14 +200,14 @@ lv_obj_t * lv_tabview_create(lv_obj_t * par, const lv_obj_t * copy)
 }
 
 /**
- * Delete all children of the scrl object, without deleting scrl child.
- * @param tabview pointer to an object
+ * Delete all children of a tab created by `lv_tabview_add_tab`.
+ * @param tab pointer to a tab
  */
-void lv_tabview_clean(lv_obj_t * tabview)
+void lv_tabview_clean(lv_obj_t * tab)
 {
-    LV_ASSERT_OBJ(tabview, LV_OBJX_NAME);
+    LV_ASSERT_OBJ(tab, "lv_page");
 
-    lv_obj_t * scrl = lv_page_get_scrl(tabview);
+    lv_obj_t * scrl = lv_page_get_scrl(tab);
     lv_obj_clean(scrl);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lv_objx/lv_tabview.h b/src/lv_objx/lv_tabview.h
index f7546d0ce7..c66f04c9d4 100644
--- a/src/lv_objx/lv_tabview.h
+++ b/src/lv_objx/lv_tabview.h
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ typedef uint8_t lv_tabview_style_t;
 lv_obj_t * lv_tabview_create(lv_obj_t * par, const lv_obj_t * copy);
 
 /**
- * Delete all children of the scrl object, without deleting scrl child.
- * @param tabview pointer to an object
+ * Delete all children of a tab created by `lv_tabview_add_tab`.
+ * @param tab pointer to a tab
  */
-void lv_tabview_clean(lv_obj_t * tabview);
+void lv_tabview_clean(lv_obj_t * tab);
 
 /*======================
  * Add/remove functions