diff --git a/lib/std/core/string.c3 b/lib/std/core/string.c3
index d0be62551..a3c7a210f 100644
--- a/lib/std/core/string.c3
+++ b/lib/std/core/string.c3
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ macro WString @wstring(String $string) @builtin
 }
 
 <*
- Create a slice of an UTF32 encoded string at compile time.
+ Create a slice of an UTF16 encoded string at compile time.
 
  @param $string : "The string to encode"
 *>