diff --git a/read/read.go b/read/read.go
index cc35e9a..ab5132f 100644
--- a/read/read.go
+++ b/read/read.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func makeBufioReader(input interface{}) *bufio.Reader {
 // This parserkit.reader.Reader is used internally by tokenize.API.
 type Buffer struct {
 	bufio     *bufio.Reader // used for ReadRune()
-	buffer    []byte        // input buffer, holding runes that were read from input
+	buffer    []byte        // input buffer, holding bytes that were read from input
 	cap       int           // the full buffer capacity
 	start     int           // the offset from where on to read buffered data in the buffer
 	len       int           // the length of the buffered data