diff --git a/src/vs/platform/terminal/common/environmentVariable.ts b/src/vs/platform/terminal/common/environmentVariable.ts
index e1f046cfd35..fe8b083bffb 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/terminal/common/environmentVariable.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/terminal/common/environmentVariable.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export interface IMergedEnvironmentVariableCollection {
 	applyToProcessEnvironment(env: IProcessEnvironment, variableResolver?: VariableResolver): Promise<void>;
 
 	/**
-	 * Generates a diff of this connection against another. Returns undefined if the collections are
+	 * Generates a diff of this collection against another. Returns undefined if the collections are
 	 * the same.
 	 */
 	diff(other: IMergedEnvironmentVariableCollection): IMergedEnvironmentVariableCollectionDiff | undefined;