diff --git a/clang/lib/Lex/Lexer.cpp b/clang/lib/Lex/Lexer.cpp
index c6c39144af00..a43543ad9a43 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Lex/Lexer.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Lex/Lexer.cpp
@@ -2043,8 +2043,8 @@ bool Lexer::SaveBCPLComment(Token &Result, const char *CurPtr) {
 }
 
 /// isBlockCommentEndOfEscapedNewLine - Return true if the specified newline
-/// character (either \n or \r) is part of an escaped newline sequence.  Issue a
-/// diagnostic if so.  We know that the newline is inside of a block comment.
+/// character (either \\n or \\r) is part of an escaped newline sequence.  Issue
+/// a diagnostic if so.  We know that the newline is inside of a block comment.
 static bool isEndOfBlockCommentWithEscapedNewLine(const char *CurPtr,
                                                   Lexer *L) {
   assert(CurPtr[0] == '\n' || CurPtr[0] == '\r');