diff --git a/src/librustc/hir/mod.rs b/src/librustc/hir/mod.rs
index bfe164938058..a2b15f00265a 100644
--- a/src/librustc/hir/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/hir/mod.rs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ impl serialize::UseSpecializedDecodable for HirId {
     }
 }
 
-// hack to ensure that we don't try to access the private parts of `NodeId` in this module
+// hack to ensure that we don't try to access the private parts of `ItemLocalId` in this module
 mod item_local_id_inner {
     use rustc_data_structures::indexed_vec::Idx;
     /// An `ItemLocalId` uniquely identifies something within a given "item-like",