diff --git a/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/clipboard.jl b/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/clipboard.jl
index d047f3ccbf18c..319dabe7c412a 100644
--- a/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/clipboard.jl
+++ b/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/clipboard.jl
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ elseif Sys.iswindows()
     function clipboard()
         systemerror(:OpenClipboard, 0==ccall((:OpenClipboard, "user32"), stdcall, Cint, (Ptr{Cvoid},), C_NULL))
         pdata = ccall((:GetClipboardData, "user32"), stdcall, Ptr{UInt16}, (UInt32,), 13)
-        systemerror(:SetClipboardData, pdata==C_NULL)
+        systemerror(:GetClipboardData, pdata==C_NULL)
         systemerror(:CloseClipboard, 0==ccall((:CloseClipboard, "user32"), stdcall, Cint, ()))
         plock = ccall((:GlobalLock, "kernel32"), stdcall, Ptr{UInt16}, (Ptr{UInt16},), pdata)
         systemerror(:GlobalLock, plock==C_NULL)