diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index 68f3f344be65..8f2ac73c7a5f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static inline bool arch_syscall_match_sym_name(const char *sym, const char *name
 	/*
 	 * Only compare after the "sys" prefix. Archs that use
 	 * syscall wrappers may have syscalls symbols aliases prefixed
-	 * with "SyS" instead of "sys", leading to an unwanted
+	 * with ".SyS" or ".sys" instead of "sys", leading to an unwanted
 	 * mismatch.
 	 */
 	return !strcmp(sym + 3, name + 3);