diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index d02b74a4c..b4ed8e578 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -7439,8 +7439,8 @@ tryexec(IF_FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE(int applet_no,) char *cmd, char **argv, char **
 		 * Note that bash reads ~80 chars of the file, and if it sees
 		 * a zero byte before it sees newline, it doesn't try to
 		 * interpret it, but fails with "cannot execute binary file"
-		 * message. For one, it prevents atempts to interpret
-		 * foreign ELF binaries as shell scripts.
+		 * message and exit code 126. For one, this prevents attempts
+		 * to interpret foreign ELF binaries as shell scripts.
 		 */
 		char **ap;
 		char **new;