diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/process/logging/CppLogMessageHandler.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/process/logging/CppLogMessageHandler.java
index 4f9cf6485d535..af0f199dd0c58 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/process/logging/CppLogMessageHandler.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/process/logging/CppLogMessageHandler.java
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public Map<String, Object> getNativeCodeInfo(Duration timeout) throws TimeoutExc
             return info;
         } else {
             // If this happens it probably means someone has changed the format in lib/ver/CBuildInfo.cc
-            // in the machine-learning-cpp repo without changing the pattern above to match
+            // in the ml-cpp repo without changing the pattern above to match
             String msg = "Unexpected native process copyright format: " + copyrightMessage;
             LOGGER.error(msg);
             throw new ElasticsearchException(msg);