diff --git a/src/testing/testing.go b/src/testing/testing.go
index 2146195956f..1562eadef08 100644
--- a/src/testing/testing.go
+++ b/src/testing/testing.go
@@ -208,14 +208,14 @@
 //
 // Main
 //
-// It is sometimes necessary for a test program to do extra setup or teardown
-// before or after testing. It is also sometimes necessary for a test to control
+// It is sometimes necessary for a test or benchmark program to do extra setup or teardown
+// before or after it executes. It is also sometimes necessary to control
 // which code runs on the main thread. To support these and other cases,
 // if a test file contains a function:
 //
 //	func TestMain(m *testing.M)
 //
-// then the generated test will call TestMain(m) instead of running the tests
+// then the generated test will call TestMain(m) instead of running the tests or benchmarks
 // directly. TestMain runs in the main goroutine and can do whatever setup
 // and teardown is necessary around a call to m.Run. m.Run will return an exit
 // code that may be passed to os.Exit. If TestMain returns, the test wrapper