diff --git a/syncoid b/syncoid
index cb57c28..9530b00 100755
--- a/syncoid
+++ b/syncoid
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ my $pvcmd = 'pv';
 my $mbuffercmd = 'mbuffer';
 my $sudocmd = 'sudo';
 my $mbufferoptions = '-q -s 128k -m 16M 2>/dev/null';
-# currently using which to check for command existence because we aren't depending on perl
+# currently using POSIX compatible command to check for program existence because we aren't depending on perl
 # being present on remote machines.
 my $checkcmd = 'command -v';