diff --git a/src/encoding/json/scanner.go b/src/encoding/json/scanner.go
index da6ea2ac8f843f..3445dbf2bb11fb 100644
--- a/src/encoding/json/scanner.go
+++ b/src/encoding/json/scanner.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func (s *scanner) eof() int {
 	return scanError
 }
 
-// pushParseState pushes a new parse state p onto the parse stack.
+// pushParseState pushes a new parse state newParseState onto the parse stack.
 // an error state is returned if maxNestingDepth was exceeded, otherwise successState is returned.
 func (s *scanner) pushParseState(c byte, newParseState int, successState int) int {
 	s.parseState = append(s.parseState, newParseState)