diff --git a/lib/linguist/blob_helper.rb b/lib/linguist/blob_helper.rb
index a959d398..01a567e0 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/blob_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/blob_helper.rb
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ module Linguist
     #
     # Return true or false
     def documentation?
-      name =~ DocumentationRegexp ? true : false
+      path =~ DocumentationRegexp ? true : false
     end
 
     # Public: Get each line of data