diff --git a/code/game/objects/effects/misc.dm b/code/game/objects/effects/misc.dm
index e0300d6436c..6820826e44b 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/effects/misc.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/effects/misc.dm
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 /**
  * Used when we want to pass vars from a spawner to a spawned object
  *
- * o - The spawned object we want to pass a var to
+ * a - The spawned object we want to pass a var to
  */
 /obj/effect/spawner/proc/synchronize_variables(atom/a)
 	return