diff --git a/src/Files/File.php b/src/Files/File.php
index 04eacb007e..261ede44e7 100644
--- a/src/Files/File.php
+++ b/src/Files/File.php
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ protected function addMessage($error, $message, $line, $column, $code, $data, $s
                 }
             }
 
-            // If it is ignored, make sure it's not whitelisted.
+            // If it is ignored, make sure there is no exception in place.
             if ($ignored === true
                 && isset($this->tokenizer->ignoredLines[$line]['.except']) === true
             ) {