diff --git a/include/boost/functional/hash/hash.hpp b/include/boost/functional/hash/hash.hpp
index 6e86403..0a8ceeb 100644
--- a/include/boost/functional/hash/hash.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/functional/hash/hash.hpp
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ namespace boost
     // passed by copy.
     //
     // BOOST_HASH_SPECIALIZE_REF - define a specialization for a type which is
-    // passed by copy.
+    // passed by const reference.
     //
     // These are undefined later.