diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/collect.c b/usr.bin/mail/collect.c
index 4b73defc90f7..544e677edbd9 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/collect.c
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/collect.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 #include "extern.h"
 
 /*
- * Read a message from standard output and return a read file to it
+ * Read a message from standard input and return a read file to it
  * or NULL on error.
  */