diff --git a/include/llvm/Target/TargetMachine.h b/include/llvm/Target/TargetMachine.h
index 0e80d4718a1..3d0b8d697b6 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Target/TargetMachine.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Target/TargetMachine.h
@@ -97,11 +97,10 @@ public:
   /// get machine code emitted.  This uses a MAchineCodeEmitter object to handle
   /// actually outputting the machine code and resolving things like the address
   /// of functions.  This method should returns true if machine code emission is
-  /// not supported.  The ownership of the MCE is not transfered to the backend
-  /// pass... the caller of this method should delete it.
+  /// not supported.
   ///
   virtual bool addPassesToEmitMachineCode(PassManager &PM,
-                                          MachineCodeEmitter *MCE) {
+                                          MachineCodeEmitter &MCE) {
     return true;
   }
 };