diff --git a/tokio/src/net/tcp/stream.rs b/tokio/src/net/tcp/stream.rs
index 2714592d3a3..82f4c05f67b 100644
--- a/tokio/src/net/tcp/stream.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/net/tcp/stream.rs
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ impl TcpStream {
 
     // == Poll IO functions that takes `&self` ==
     //
-    // To read or write without mutable access to the `UnixStream`, combine the
+    // To read or write without mutable access to the `TcpStream`, combine the
     // `poll_read_ready` or `poll_write_ready` methods with the `try_read` or
     // `try_write` methods.