diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 7c4b45e30e..3f46acf5e5 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -2475,7 +2475,7 @@ void setup_standard_excludes(struct dir_struct *dir)
 {
 	dir->exclude_per_dir = ".gitignore";
 
-	/* core.excludefile defaulting to $XDG_HOME/git/ignore */
+	/* core.excludesfile defaulting to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore */
 	if (!excludes_file)
 		excludes_file = xdg_config_home("ignore");
 	if (excludes_file && !access_or_warn(excludes_file, R_OK, 0))