diff --git a/dumpcap.c b/dumpcap.c
index 5ff346fa8a..7820cb7367 100644
--- a/dumpcap.c
+++ b/dumpcap.c
@@ -1747,7 +1747,7 @@ capture_loop_open_output(capture_options *capture_opts, int *save_file_fd,
     is_tempfile = FALSE;
   } else {
     /* Choose a random name for the temporary capture buffer */
-    *save_file_fd = create_tempfile(tmpname, sizeof tmpname, "ether");
+    *save_file_fd = create_tempfile(tmpname, sizeof tmpname, "wireshark");
     capfile_name = g_strdup(tmpname);
     is_tempfile = TRUE;
   }
diff --git a/tempfile.c b/tempfile.c
index e545b3b43a..0ad2fcff01 100644
--- a/tempfile.c
+++ b/tempfile.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static const char *E_tmpdir;
 #define P_tmpdir "/var/tmp"
 #endif
 
-/* create a tempfile with the given prefix (e.g. "ether")
+/* create a tempfile with the given prefix (e.g. "wireshark")
  * namebuf (and namebuflen) should be 128+1 bytes long (BTW: why?)
  * returns the file descriptor of the new tempfile and
  * the name of the new file in namebuf