diff --git a/src/strconv/quote.go b/src/strconv/quote.go
index 1f4929a952c..99c292a8ed5 100644
--- a/src/strconv/quote.go
+++ b/src/strconv/quote.go
@@ -378,7 +378,8 @@ func QuotedPrefix(s string) (string, error) {
 // or backquoted Go string literal, returning the string value
 // that s quotes.  (If s is single-quoted, it would be a Go
 // character literal; Unquote returns the corresponding
-// one-character string. For '' Unquote returns the empty string.)
+// one-character string. For an empty character literal
+// Unquote returns the empty string.)
 func Unquote(s string) (string, error) {
 	out, rem, err := unquote(s, true)
 	if len(rem) > 0 {