diff --git a/bin/precompile.pike b/bin/precompile.pike
index f748b5c11fc94e762f6feed5bb1d7aaeeac53033..d1cebecd5a163318dfb1ee0f2c329adf6de37fa6 100644
--- a/bin/precompile.pike
+++ b/bin/precompile.pike
@@ -1881,7 +1881,7 @@ class ParseBlock
 		  "};\n",
 		  sprintf (#"\
 #ifdef PIKE_DEBUG
-/* Ensure the struct is used in a declaration, or else gdb might not see it. */
+/* Ensure the struct is used in a variable declaration, or else gdb might not see it. */
 struct %s *%s_gdb_dummy_ptr;
 #endif\n", structname, base),
 		    })