diff --git a/usr.bin/sort/bwstring.c b/usr.bin/sort/bwstring.c
index 3def9d07dbdc..a4656b874137 100644
--- a/usr.bin/sort/bwstring.c
+++ b/usr.bin/sort/bwstring.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ bwsdup(const struct bwstring *s)
 }
 
 /*
- * Create a new binary string from a raw binary buffer.
+ * Create a new binary string from a wide character buffer.
  */
 struct bwstring *
 bwssbdup(const wchar_t *str, size_t len)