diff --git a/compiler/cutils.pas b/compiler/cutils.pas
index ea80edae77..07f079c1f2 100644
--- a/compiler/cutils.pas
+++ b/compiler/cutils.pas
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ interface
     { the data in p is modified and p is returned     }
     function pchar2pshortstring(p : pchar) : pshortstring;
 
-    { ambivalent to pchar2pshortstring }
+    { inverse of pchar2pshortstring }
     function pshortstring2pchar(p : pshortstring) : pchar;
 
     { Ansistring (pchar+length) support }