diff --git a/src/reflect/value.go b/src/reflect/value.go
index adb81d4641c..ae24eea7951 100644
--- a/src/reflect/value.go
+++ b/src/reflect/value.go
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ func align(x, n uintptr) uintptr {
 // so that the linker can make it work correctly for panic and recover.
 // The gc compilers know to do that for the name "reflect.callMethod".
 //
-// ctxt is the "closure" generated by makeVethodValue.
+// ctxt is the "closure" generated by makeMethodValue.
 // frame is a pointer to the arguments to that closure on the stack.
 // retValid points to a boolean which should be set when the results
 // section of frame is set.