diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/printer/ExternalPtrPrinter.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/printer/ExternalPtrPrinter.java
index d70a8830550f69490e871ec0f20bfa822cbf3080..ab7318661930b15223156c2d244c968e6a3fed8d 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/printer/ExternalPtrPrinter.java
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/printer/ExternalPtrPrinter.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ final class ExternalPtrPrinter extends AbstractValuePrinter<RExternalPtr> {
     @Override
     @TruffleBoundary
     protected void printValue(RExternalPtr value, PrintContext printCtx) throws IOException {
-        // like in RDeparse
+        // same like in RDeparse
         if (value.getAddr().isLong()) {
             printCtx.output().print(String.format("<pointer: %s>", Double.toHexString(value.getAddr().asAddress())));
         } else {