diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-term-query.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-term-query.php
index ba80b3639e..95b308cd92 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-term-query.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-term-query.php
@@ -1068,13 +1068,13 @@ class WP_Term_Query {
 	 *
 	 * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
 	 *
-	 * @param string $string
+	 * @param string $search
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	protected function get_search_sql( $string ) {
+	protected function get_search_sql( $search ) {
 		global $wpdb;
 
-		$like = '%' . $wpdb->esc_like( $string ) . '%';
+		$like = '%' . $wpdb->esc_like( $search ) . '%';
 
 		return $wpdb->prepare( '((t.name LIKE %s) OR (t.slug LIKE %s))', $like, $like );
 	}