diff --git a/examples/svm/plot_weighted_samples.py b/examples/svm/plot_weighted_samples.py
index 9cdb2dcb497c8..0549da7a38084 100644
--- a/examples/svm/plot_weighted_samples.py
+++ b/examples/svm/plot_weighted_samples.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def plot_decision_function(classifier, sample_weight, axis, title):
 sample_weight_last_ten[15:] *= 5
 sample_weight_last_ten[9] *= 15
 
-# for reference, first fit without class weights
+# for reference, first fit without sample weights
 
 # fit the model
 clf_weights = svm.SVC(gamma=1)