diff --git a/src/wp-includes/comment-template.php b/src/wp-includes/comment-template.php
index c914796c08..e97229f5f6 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/comment-template.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/comment-template.php
@@ -2158,7 +2158,7 @@ function wp_list_comments( $args = array(), $comments = null ) {
  *     @type string $submit_button        HTML format for the Submit button.
  *                                        Default: '<input name="%1$s" type="submit" id="%2$s" class="%3$s" value="%4$s" />'.
  *     @type string $submit_field         HTML format for the markup surrounding the Submit button and comment hidden
- *                                        fields. Default: '<p class="form-submit">%1$s %2$s</a>', where %1$s is the
+ *                                        fields. Default: '<p class="form-submit">%1$s %2$s</p>', where %1$s is the
  *                                        submit button markup and %2$s is the comment hidden fields.
  *     @type string $format               The comment form format. Default 'xhtml'. Accepts 'xhtml', 'html5'.
  * }