diff --git a/cmd/tailscale/cli/exitnode.go b/cmd/tailscale/cli/exitnode.go
index 3ad5b93b3..d07b01333 100644
--- a/cmd/tailscale/cli/exitnode.go
+++ b/cmd/tailscale/cli/exitnode.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func runExitNodeList(ctx context.Context, args []string) error {
 	var peers []*ipnstate.PeerStatus
 	for _, ps := range st.Peer {
 		if !ps.ExitNodeOption {
-			// We only show location based exit nodes.
+			// We only show exit nodes under the exit-node subcommand.
 			continue
 		}