diff --git a/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php b/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php
index 9fe4f90e52..6e1e05d076 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ class WP_REST_Comments_Controller extends WP_REST_Controller {
 		);
 
 		$query_params['offset'] = array(
-			'description'        => __( 'Offset the result set by a specific number of comments.' ),
+			'description'        => __( 'Offset the result set by a specific number of items.' ),
 			'type'               => 'integer',
 		);