diff --git a/src/anndata/_types.py b/src/anndata/_types.py
index b06fd7792..75586bbf0 100644
--- a/src/anndata/_types.py
+++ b/src/anndata/_types.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def __call__(
         store
             The store to which `elem` should be written.
         elem_name
-            The key to read in from the group.
+            The key to write out to the group.
         elem
             The element to write out.
         iospec
diff --git a/tests/accessors/test_get.py b/tests/accessors/test_get.py
index 82c1344ab..90fac7c26 100644
--- a/tests/accessors/test_get.py
+++ b/tests/accessors/test_get.py
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ def conv(v: InMemoryArray) -> InMemoryArray:
             v = v.toarray()
         return array_conv(v)
 
-    adata.X = conv(adata.X)
     for k, v in adata.layers.items():
         adata.layers[k] = conv(v)
     for k, v in adata.varm.items():