diff --git a/tools/regression/bin/sh/builtins/var-assign2.0 b/tools/regression/bin/sh/builtins/var-assign2.0
index 8485df8629b6..b7dbaf78c2ab 100644
--- a/tools/regression/bin/sh/builtins/var-assign2.0
+++ b/tools/regression/bin/sh/builtins/var-assign2.0
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ UTILS="alias,\
 
 set -e
 
-# With 'command', variable assignments affect the shell environment.
+# With 'command', variable assignments do not affect the shell environment.
 
 set -- ${SPECIAL}
 for cmd in "$@"