diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/lwlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/lwlock.c
index 4b381e4e0cc7a73ab8995d3ca77d3abbd2a0c4d0..cf6ae885f85e50e5c9800ccfac491e8b32a1aef8 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/lwlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/lwlock.c
@@ -581,8 +581,8 @@ LWLockNewTrancheId(void)
 
 /*
  * Register a tranche ID in the lookup table for the current process.  This
- * routine will save a pointer to the tranche object passed as an argument,
- * so that object should be allocated in a backend-lifetime context
+ * routine will save a pointer to the tranche name passed as an argument,
+ * so the name should be allocated in a backend-lifetime context
  * (TopMemoryContext, static variable, or similar).
  */
 void