diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8ac4ba8650f07b576b0255d84b85f8df7d2587a6..05ba4e561190875ba8c40182bb6b67d98f18245c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # Change IDENTIFIER to match the project identifier given in the project spec.
 IDENTIFIER  = EEC50281EEC50281EEC50281EEC50281EEC50281
 
-# Change EXECUTABLE to match the command name given in the project spec.
+# Change 'executable' to match the command name given in the project spec.
 EXECUTABLE  = executable
 
 # The following line looks for a project's main() in files named project*.cpp,