diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index cbe59c8883d5a57..7a47511bb1d70c3 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -2063,7 +2063,7 @@ min_max(PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs, PyObject *kwnames, int op)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    const int positional = nargs > 1; // False iff nargs == 1
+    const int positional = nargs > 1; // False if nargs == 1
     if (positional && defaultval != NULL) {
         PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
                         "Cannot specify a default for %s() with multiple "