diff --git a/src/services/formatting/smartIndenter.ts b/src/services/formatting/smartIndenter.ts
index 982a6dc5394..2720ae0b6d3 100644
--- a/src/services/formatting/smartIndenter.ts
+++ b/src/services/formatting/smartIndenter.ts
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ namespace ts.formatting {
         } 
 
         /**
-         * Function returns true if a node should not get additional indentation in its parent node.
+         * Function returns true if existing node content indentation should be suppressed for a specific child
          */
         export function shouldInheritParentIndentation(parent: TextRangeWithKind, child: TextRangeWithKind) {
             return !nodeWillIndentChild(parent, child, true);