diff --git a/src/util/event.h b/src/util/event.h
index 4552d1aad491c83d5d23b149e3bcd3fdc8ada7c7..68b06c6affd3e738ef481e0fdeea74c28bcc5f0c 100644
--- a/src/util/event.h
+++ b/src/util/event.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ int virEventRemoveHandle(int watch);
  * Setting frequency to -1 will disable the timer. Setting the frequency
  * to zero will cause it to fire on every event loop iteration.
  *
- * returns -1 if the file handle cannot be registered, a positive
+ * returns -1 if the timer cannot be registered, a positive
  * integer timer id upon success
  */
 int virEventAddTimeout(int frequency,