diff --git a/thrift/metadata.thrift b/thrift/metadata.thrift
index 42c935d2..62231454 100644
--- a/thrift/metadata.thrift
+++ b/thrift/metadata.thrift
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ struct dir_entry {
    // index into metadata.names
    1: UInt32 name_index
 
-   // index into metadata.entries
+   // index into metadata.inodes
    2: UInt32 inode_num
 }