diff --git a/src/hitchhiker/outboard.clj b/src/hitchhiker/outboard.clj
index 821738e..f5d2ac0 100644
--- a/src/hitchhiker/outboard.clj
+++ b/src/hitchhiker/outboard.clj
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 ;; The update-queue is a blocking queue of functions which will be applied to the outboard
 ;; The tree-atom is an atom containing the latest view of the outboard. This is for snapshotting
-;; The close signal is an atom which, when it's set to :shutdown, causes the outboard to shut its in-memory portions down
+;; The close-signal is an atom which, when it's set to :shutdown, causes the outboard to shut its in-memory portions down
 (defrecord OutboardConnection [update-queue tree-atom close-signal thread tree-name])
 
 (defonce ^:private refcount-expiry-thread (redis/start-expiry-thread!))