diff --git a/Modules/signalmodule.c b/Modules/signalmodule.c
index d5d80c5..905ad20 100644
--- a/Modules/signalmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/signalmodule.c
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@
 #endif
 
 	/*
-	 * The is_stripped variable is meant to speed up the calls to
+	 * The is_tripped variable is meant to speed up the calls to
 	 * PyErr_CheckSignals (both directly or via pending calls) when no
 	 * signal has arrived. This variable is set to 1 when a signal arrives
 	 * and it is set to 0 here, when we know some signals arrived. This way