diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index d56df036a16..7818cf292cd 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-02-06  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@suse.de>
+
+	* include/bits/basic_string.h: Fix comment.
+
 2004-02-06  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@suse.de>
 
 	* include/bits/stl_construct.h: Wrap overlong lines, reformat
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.h
index 8046308c641..2103f63d3ef 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ namespace std
    *                                        [_Rep]
    *                                        _M_length
    *   [basic_string<char_type>]            _M_capacity
-   *   _M_dataplus                          _M_state
+   *   _M_dataplus                          _M_refcount
    *   _M_p ---------------->               unnamed array of char_type
    *  @endcode
    *