diff --git a/tensorflow/core/distributed_runtime/rpc/grpc_tensor_coding.cc b/tensorflow/core/distributed_runtime/rpc/grpc_tensor_coding.cc
index ba206890ce8..90e311a4930 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/distributed_runtime/rpc/grpc_tensor_coding.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/core/distributed_runtime/rpc/grpc_tensor_coding.cc
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ void EncodeTensorToByteBuffer(bool is_dead, const Tensor& val,
         (e_skeleton.size() +
          VarLengthEncodingSize(TensorProto::kTensorContentFieldNumber,
                                tdata.size()));
-    string header;  // All of RecvTensorRequest except the tensor() field
+    string header;  // All of RecvTensorResponse except the tensor() field
     response.AppendToString(&header);
 
     size_t expected_size =