diff --git a/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/__init__.py b/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/__init__.py
index 9afe93a6e80..0cdb4525207 100644
--- a/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/__init__.py
+++ b/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/__init__.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def read_parquet(*args, **kwargs):
 read_text = DataFrame.read_text
 to_orc = _deprecated_api(
     "dask_cudf.to_orc",
-    new_api="dask_cudf.io.to_orc",
+    new_api="dask_cudf.io.orc.to_orc",
     rec="Please use DataFrame.to_orc instead.",
 )