diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk b/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk
index 1674f9e42f33..779fa5bfa313 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ MACHINE_CPU = itanium
 _CPUCFLAGS += -mieee
 .endif
 
-# NB: COPTFLAGS is handled in /usr/src/sys/conf/Makefile.<arch>
+# NB: COPTFLAGS is handled in /usr/src/sys/conf/kern.pre.mk
 
 .if !defined(NO_CPU_CFLAGS)
 CFLAGS += ${_CPUCFLAGS}