diff --git a/Lib/genericpath.py b/Lib/genericpath.py
index 7588fe5e8020f9..28985565781ef0 100644
--- a/Lib/genericpath.py
+++ b/Lib/genericpath.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def lexists(path):
         return False
     return True
 
-# This follows symbolic links, so both islink() and isdir() can be true
+# This follows symbolic links, so both islink() and isfile() can be true
 # for the same path on systems that support symlinks
 def isfile(path):
     """Test whether a path is a regular file"""