diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/installed_dependents.rb b/Library/Homebrew/installed_dependents.rb
index 8aaa5b28cc..6ada972f93 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/installed_dependents.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/installed_dependents.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ module InstalledDependents
       when Formula
         dependent.missing_dependencies(hide: keg_names)
       when Cask::Cask
-        # When checking for cask dependents, we don't care about missing or build dependencies
+        # When checking for cask dependents, we don't care about missing or non-runtime dependencies
         CaskDependent.new(dependent).runtime_dependencies(ignore_missing: true).map(&:to_formula)
       end