diff --git a/Lib/test/test_support.py b/Lib/test/test_support.py
index b60fcc73a1ba..d2a485f73b4a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_support.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_support.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def run(self, test):
 
 
 def run_suite(suite):
-    """Run tests from a unittest.TestCase-derived class."""
+    """Run tests from a unittest.TestSuite-derived class."""
     if verbose:
         runner = unittest.TextTestRunner(sys.stdout, verbosity=2)
     else: