diff --git a/tokio-current-thread/src/scheduler.rs b/tokio-current-thread/src/scheduler.rs
index f7a8f3b3b..eac30d178 100644
--- a/tokio-current-thread/src/scheduler.rs
+++ b/tokio-current-thread/src/scheduler.rs
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ impl<U> List<U> {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Prepends an element to the back of the list
+    /// Appends an element to the back of the list
     fn push_back(&mut self, node: Arc<Node<U>>) -> *const Node<U> {
         let ptr = arc2ptr(node);