diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index c9405153b47..3ad8520e331 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ std::set<BlockFilterType> g_enabled_filter_types;
 {
     // Rather than throwing std::bad-alloc if allocation fails, terminate
     // immediately to (try to) avoid chain corruption.
-    // Since LogPrintf may itself allocate memory, set the handler directly
+    // Since logging may itself allocate memory, set the handler directly
     // to terminate first.
     std::set_new_handler(std::terminate);
     LogError("Out of memory. Terminating.\n");