diff --git a/cfg.c b/cfg.c
index d540ff9b..406cf219 100644
--- a/cfg.c
+++ b/cfg.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ cfg_add_cause(struct causelist *causes, const char *fmt, ...)
 
 /*
  * Load configuration file. Returns -1 for an error with a list of messages in
- * causes. Note that causes and ncauses must be initialised by the caller!
+ * causes. Note that causes must be initialised by the caller!
  */
 int
 load_cfg(const char *path, struct cmd_ctx *ctxin, struct causelist *causes)