diff --git a/src/entt/core/family.hpp b/src/entt/core/family.hpp
index 71e70635a..953c12db6 100644
--- a/src/entt/core/family.hpp
+++ b/src/entt/core/family.hpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public:
 
     /*! @brief Statically generated unique identifier for the given type. */
     template<typename... Type>
-    // at the time I'm writing, clang crashes during compilation if auto is used instead of family_type
+    // at the time I'm writing, clang crashes during compilation if auto is used instead of value_type
     inline static const value_type value = identifier();
 };