diff --git a/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function b/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function
index 0847e75c97..0d2520e743 100644
--- a/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function
+++ b/tests/suites/test_suite_ssl.function
@@ -3601,7 +3601,7 @@ void ssl_decrypt_non_etm_cbc( int cipher_type, int hash_id, int trunc_hmac,
         rec.buf = buf;
         memcpy( buf, buf_save, buflen );
 
-        /* Flip one bit of the data (could be plaintext, MAC or padding) */
+        /* Corrupt one byte of the data (could be plaintext, MAC or padding) */
         rec.buf[i] ^= 0x01;
 
         /* Encrypt */