diff --git a/asterisk.c b/asterisk.c
index 413b6e19fdb2354a5219c34866f567eb2c0d7b3c..17b5b694dec2d70bc75495aed2548e1b9b11a0a5 100755
--- a/asterisk.c
+++ b/asterisk.c
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ static void ast_readconfig(void) {
 		/* whether or not to support #exec in config files */
 		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "execincludes")) {
 			option_exec_includes = ast_true(v->value);
-		/* debug level (-v at startup) */
+		/* debug level (-d at startup) */
 		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "debug")) {
 			option_debug = 0;
 			if (sscanf(v->value, "%d", &option_debug) != 1) {