diff --git a/syscall.c b/syscall.c
index 5d3be9d..a84a921 100644
--- a/syscall.c
+++ b/syscall.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ argint(int n, int *ip)
 }
 
 // Fetch the nth word-sized system call argument as a pointer
-// to a block of memory of size n bytes.  Check that the pointer
+// to a block of memory of size bytes.  Check that the pointer
 // lies within the process address space.
 int
 argptr(int n, char **pp, int size)