diff --git a/test/cpp/util/create_test_channel.cc b/test/cpp/util/create_test_channel.cc
index 2f95e3aa74fec68ca5590a5161fc31db8a2fb78c..301e9a3c3a36884598eb58d72f5527d9c973f292 100644
--- a/test/cpp/util/create_test_channel.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/util/create_test_channel.cc
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace grpc {
 // override_hostname is provided.
 // When ssl is not enabled, override_hostname is ignored.
 // Set use_prod_root to true to use the SSL root for connecting to google.
-// In this case, The path to the root file must be set via environment variable
+// In this case, path to the roots pem file must be set via environment variable
 // GRPC_DEFAULT_SSL_ROOTS_FILE_PATH.
 // Otherwise, root for test SSL cert will be used.
 // creds will be used to create a channel when enable_ssl is true.