diff --git a/Python/compile.c b/Python/compile.c
index 6951c98500dfec..1ab96a37f683f2 100644
--- a/Python/compile.c
+++ b/Python/compile.c
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ _PyCompile_EnterScope(compiler *c, identifier name, int scope_type,
         }
     }
     if (u->u_ste->ste_has_conditional_annotations) {
-        /* Cook up an implicit __conditional__annotations__ cell */
+        /* Cook up an implicit __conditional_annotations__ cell */
         Py_ssize_t res;
         assert(u->u_scope_type == COMPILE_SCOPE_CLASS || u->u_scope_type == COMPILE_SCOPE_MODULE);
         res = _PyCompile_DictAddObj(u->u_metadata.u_cellvars, &_Py_ID(__conditional_annotations__));