diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 887e83f2135c..ff9060919c4b 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ static void pagetypeinfo_showblockcount_print(struct seq_file *m,
 	seq_putc(m, '\n');
 }
 
-/* Print out the free pages at each order for each migratetype */
+/* Print out the number of pageblocks for each migratetype */
 static int pagetypeinfo_showblockcount(struct seq_file *m, void *arg)
 {
 	int mtype;