diff --git a/src/backend/access/brin/brin.c b/src/backend/access/brin/brin.c
index c93422ad6132be0df55b3dc7ff2078ccf3389746..2b5fb8dce9b2eb1dbaaf0f2b58bf324de528a74f 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/brin/brin.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/brin/brin.c
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ summarize_range(IndexInfo *indexInfo, BrinBuildState *state, Relation heapRel,
  * least ShareUpdateExclusiveLock mode.
  *
  * For each new index tuple inserted, *numSummarized (if not NULL) is
- * incremented; for each existing tuple, numExisting (if not NULL) is
+ * incremented; for each existing tuple, *numExisting (if not NULL) is
  * incremented.
  */
 static void