diff --git a/Python/fileutils.c b/Python/fileutils.c
index 9c0833e..3c04e49 100644
--- a/Python/fileutils.c
+++ b/Python/fileutils.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
    workaround is also enabled on error, for example if getting the locale
    failed.
 
-   Values of locale_is_ascii:
+   Values of force_ascii:
 
        1: the workaround is used: _Py_wchar2char() uses
           encode_ascii_surrogateescape() and _Py_char2wchar() uses