diff --git a/src/hb-vector.hh b/src/hb-vector.hh
index 9a52f901f..f422a121d 100644
--- a/src/hb-vector.hh
+++ b/src/hb-vector.hh
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ struct hb_vector_t
   operator   iter_t () const { return   iter (); }
   operator writer_t ()       { return writer (); }
 
-  /* Faster range-based for loop without bounds-check. */
+  /* Faster range-based for loop without constructing an hb_array_t. */
   Type *begin () const { return arrayZ; }
   Type *end () const { return arrayZ + length; }