diff --git a/src/libcore/intrinsics.rs b/src/libcore/intrinsics.rs
index a611dc02469e8..a05d67a304fa0 100644
--- a/src/libcore/intrinsics.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/intrinsics.rs
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ extern "rust-intrinsic" {
     ///         ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(y, x, 1);
     ///         ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(&t, y, 1);
     ///
-    ///         // y and t now point to the same thing, but we need to completely forget `tmp`
+    ///         // y and t now point to the same thing, but we need to completely forget `t`
     ///         // because it's no longer relevant.
     ///         mem::forget(t);
     ///     }