diff --git a/include/llvm/Support/PointerLikeTypeTraits.h b/include/llvm/Support/PointerLikeTypeTraits.h
index 8a8e95f047e..b8514048006 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Support/PointerLikeTypeTraits.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Support/PointerLikeTypeTraits.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public:
     return static_cast<T*>(P);
   }
   
-  /// Note, we assume here that malloc returns objects at least 8-byte aligned.
+  /// Note, we assume here that malloc returns objects at least 4-byte aligned.
   /// However, this may be wrong, or pointers may be from something other than
   /// malloc.  In this case, you should specialize this template to reduce this.
   ///