diff --git a/crypto/initthread.c b/crypto/initthread.c
index ae234cd205..e4d830d7fc 100644
--- a/crypto/initthread.c
+++ b/crypto/initthread.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  *
  * The FIPS provider tells libcrypto about which threads it is interested in
  * by calling "c_thread_start" which is a function pointer created during
- * provider initialisation (i.e. OSSL_init_provider).
+ * provider initialisation (i.e. OSSL_provider_init).
  */
 extern OSSL_FUNC_core_thread_start_fn *c_thread_start;
 #endif