diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/kernel32.cc b/winsup/cygwin/kernel32.cc
index 9a5dc832e..06bc7d082 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/kernel32.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/kernel32.cc
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ ucmd ()
   return &wcmd;
 }
 
-/* Cygwin replacement for GetCommandLineA.  Returns a concatenated wide string
+/* Cygwin replacement for GetCommandLineW.  Returns a concatenated wide string
    representing the argv list, constructed using roughly the same mechanism as
    child_info_spawn::worker */
 extern "C" LPWSTR WINAPI