diff --git a/src/api.c b/src/api.c
index 38513c9..3c7c498 100644
--- a/src/api.c
+++ b/src/api.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ int epoll_ctl(HANDLE ephnd, int op, SOCKET sock, struct epoll_event* ev) {
   return 0;
 
 err:
-  /* On Linux, in the case of epoll_ctl_mod(), EBADF takes priority over other
+  /* On Linux, in the case of epoll_ctl(), EBADF takes priority over other
    * errors. Wepoll mimics this behavior. */
   err_check_handle(ephnd);
   err_check_handle((HANDLE) sock);