diff --git a/src/tools/miri/tests/pass/tree_borrows/tree-borrows.rs b/src/tools/miri/tests/pass/tree_borrows/tree-borrows.rs
index adad18c1af368..c741e4de6d5b1 100644
--- a/src/tools/miri/tests/pass/tree_borrows/tree-borrows.rs
+++ b/src/tools/miri/tests/pass/tree_borrows/tree-borrows.rs
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ fn not_unpin_not_protected() {
     pub struct NotUnpin(#[allow(dead_code)] i32, PhantomPinned);
 
     fn inner(x: &mut NotUnpin, f: fn(&mut NotUnpin)) {
-        // `f` may mutate, but it may not deallocate!
+        // `f` is allowed to deallocate `x`.
         f(x)
     }