diff --git a/smartsim/_core/launcher/dragon/pqueue.py b/smartsim/_core/launcher/dragon/pqueue.py
index 5205c6882c..4dd945ee41 100644
--- a/smartsim/_core/launcher/dragon/pqueue.py
+++ b/smartsim/_core/launcher/dragon/pqueue.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def open(
     def closed(
         self, heap: t.Optional[t.List[_NodeRefCount]] = None
     ) -> t.List[_NodeRefCount]:
-        """Helper method to identify the nodes that are currently not assigned"""
+        """Helper method to identify the nodes that are currently assigned"""
         if heap is None:
             return [node for node in self._ref_map.values() if node[0] == 1]