diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/DLRB_tree.c b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/DLRB_tree.c
index 72743e38d4c..4507d70e339 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/DLRB_tree.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/DLRB_tree.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ DLRBT_Node *BLI_dlrbTree_search_exact (DLRBT_Tree *tree, DLRBT_Comparator_FP cmp
 		}
 	}
 	
-	/* return the nearest matching node */
+	/* return the exactly matching node */
 	return (found == 1) ? (node) : (NULL);
 }