diff --git a/highlighters/main/main-highlighter.zsh b/highlighters/main/main-highlighter.zsh
index 9bf942f..4ea3842 100644
--- a/highlighters/main/main-highlighter.zsh
+++ b/highlighters/main/main-highlighter.zsh
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ _zsh_highlight_highlighter_main_paint()
           next_word+=':sudo_opt:'
         else
           # Not an option flag; nothing to do.  (If the command line is
-          # syntactically valid, ${this_state//:sudo_opt:/} should be
+          # syntactically valid, ${this_word//:sudo_opt:/} should be
           # non-empty now.)
         fi
       elif [[ $this_word == *':sudo_arg:'* ]]; then