diff --git a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.15.1.rst b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.15.1.rst
index 83b13d01f0..5e93232eed 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.15.1.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.15.1.rst
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ Documentation
 * Add AI checkbox to PR template, and auto-generate a comment on PRs
   from first-time contributors regarding AI and contributing guidelines.
   (:issue:`2617`, :pull:`2624`)
+* Fix a broken docstring reference to ``grounddiffuse`` in
+  :py:func:`pvlib.irradiance.poa_components`
+  (:issue:`2089`, :pull:`2708`)
 
 
 Testing
@@ -66,4 +69,5 @@ Contributors
 * Cliff Hansen (:ghuser:`cwhanse`)
 * Anton Driesse (:ghuser:`adriesse`)
 * Kevin Anderson (:ghuser:`kandersolar`)
+* Rohan Saxena (:ghuser:`r0hansaxena`)
 
diff --git a/pvlib/irradiance.py b/pvlib/irradiance.py
index c67c1ca251..bc2448b036 100644
--- a/pvlib/irradiance.py
+++ b/pvlib/irradiance.py
@@ -490,7 +490,8 @@ def poa_components(aoi, dni, poa_sky_diffuse, poa_ground_diffuse):
 
     poa_ground_diffuse : numeric
         Ground-reflected irradiance in the plane of the modules,
-        as calculated by an albedo model (eg. :func:`grounddiffuse`). [Wm⁻²]
+        as calculated by an albedo model (eg.,
+        :py:func:`~pvlib.irradiance.get_ground_diffuse`). [Wm⁻²]
 
     Returns
     -------