diff --git a/debian/default/useradd b/debian/default/useradd
index a834feff..e32955a7 100644
--- a/debian/default/useradd
+++ b/debian/default/useradd
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # The SHELL variable specifies the default login shell on your
 # system.
-# Similar to DHSELL in adduser. However, we use "sh" here because
+# Similar to DSHELL in adduser. However, we use "sh" here because
 # useradd is a low level utility and should be as general
 # as possible
 SHELL=/bin/sh