diff --git a/tensorcircuit/backends/abstract_backend.py b/tensorcircuit/backends/abstract_backend.py
index 472f0081..cf6884bc 100644
--- a/tensorcircuit/backends/abstract_backend.py
+++ b/tensorcircuit/backends/abstract_backend.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def copy(self: Any, a: Tensor) -> Tensor:
 
         :param a: tensor in matrix form
         :type a: Tensor
-        :return: matrix exponential of matrix ``a``
+        :return: the copy tensor of ``a``
         :rtype: Tensor
         """
         raise NotImplementedError(