diff --git a/cpp/ycm/.ycm_extra_conf.py b/cpp/ycm/.ycm_extra_conf.py
index a6660d19..62227899 100644
--- a/cpp/ycm/.ycm_extra_conf.py
+++ b/cpp/ycm/.ycm_extra_conf.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import ycm_core
 from clang_helpers import PrepareClangFlags
 
 # Set this to the absolute path to the folder (NOT the file!) containing the
-# compilation_database.json file to use that instead of 'flags'. See here for
+# compile_commands.json file to use that instead of 'flags'. See here for
 # more details: http://clang.llvm.org/docs/JSONCompilationDatabase.html
 # Most projects will NOT need to set this to anything; you can just change the
 # 'flags' list of compilation flags. Notice that YCM itself uses that approach.