diff --git a/libc/bionic/pthread_create.cpp b/libc/bionic/pthread_create.cpp
index d4a8bef..c528105 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/pthread_create.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/pthread_create.cpp
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
   return 0;
 }
 
-// A dummy start routine for pthread_create failures where we've created a thread but aren't
+// A no-op start routine for pthread_create failures where we've created a thread but aren't
 // going to run user code on it. We swap out the user's start routine for this and take advantage
 // of the regular thread teardown to free up resources.
 static void* __do_nothing(void*) {