diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
index eb334f70f47..162ff4748e1 100644
--- a/Lib/shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/shutil.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Utility functions for copying files.
 
-XXX The functions here don't copy the data fork or other metadata on Mac.
+XXX The functions here don't copy the resource fork or other metadata on Mac.
 
 """