diff --git a/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/dataflow/internal/DataFlowUtil.qll b/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/dataflow/internal/DataFlowUtil.qll
index 74ba3569d20..79d9f85464e 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/dataflow/internal/DataFlowUtil.qll
+++ b/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/dataflow/internal/DataFlowUtil.qll
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ private predicate exprToExprStep_nocfg(Expr fromExpr, Expr toExpr) {
         call.getTarget() = f and
         // AST dataflow treats a reference as if it were the referred-to object, while the dataflow
         // models treat references as pointers. If the return type of the call is a reference, then
-        // look for data flow the referred-to object, rather than the reference itself.
+        // look for data flow to the referred-to object, rather than the reference itself.
         if call.getType().getUnspecifiedType() instanceof ReferenceType
         then outModel.isReturnValueDeref()
         else outModel.isReturnValue()