diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/LanguageFactory.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/LanguageFactory.java
index 72721b826e..66559a5326 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/LanguageFactory.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/LanguageFactory.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public final class LanguageFactory {
     }
 
     private String languageAliases(String language) {
-        // CPD and C language share the same parser
+        // CPP and C language share the same parser
         if ("c".equals(language)) {
             return "cpp";
         }