diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php
index d0467505d9..23653d1c2b 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php
@@ -2485,7 +2485,7 @@ function upgrade_network() {
 /**
  * Creates a table in the database, if it doesn't already exist.
  *
- * This method checks for an existing database and creates a new one if it's not
+ * This method checks for an existing database table and creates a new one if it's not
  * already present. It doesn't rely on MySQL's "IF NOT EXISTS" statement, but chooses
  * to query all tables first and then run the SQL statement creating the table.
  *