diff --git a/src/app/config/config.c b/src/app/config/config.c
index 4bc807a6fb..f2e8ec8200 100644
--- a/src/app/config/config.c
+++ b/src/app/config/config.c
@@ -8136,7 +8136,7 @@ getinfo_helper_config(control_connection_t *conn,
     int i;
     for (i = 0; option_vars_[i].member.name; ++i) {
       const config_var_t *var = &option_vars_[i];
-      /* don't tell controller about triple-underscore options */
+      /* don't tell controller about invisible options */
       if (option_vars_[i].flags & CVFLAG_INVISIBLE)
         continue;
       const char *type = struct_var_get_typename(&var->member);