diff --git a/capture-wpcap.c b/capture-wpcap.c
index 9da61f9ab4..5492f972ca 100644
--- a/capture-wpcap.c
+++ b/capture-wpcap.c
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ get_runtime_pcap_version(GString *str)
 	 * not and, if we have it and we have "pcap_lib_version()",
 	 * what version we have.
 	 */
-	GModule *handle;		/* handle returned by dlopen */
+	GModule *handle;		/* handle returned by ws_module_open */
 	static gchar *packetVer;
 	gchar *blankp;
 
diff --git a/epan/plugins.c b/epan/plugins.c
index 563baeae6f..fcf694a099 100644
--- a/epan/plugins.c
+++ b/epan/plugins.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ plugins_scan_dir(const char *dirname)
     WS_DIRENT     *file;            /* current file */
     const char    *name;
     gchar          filename[FILENAME_LEN];   /* current file name */
-    GModule       *handle;          /* handle returned by dlopen */
+    GModule       *handle;          /* handle returned by g_module_open */
     gchar         *version;
     gpointer       gp;
     void         (*register_protoinfo)(void);
diff --git a/epan/plugins.h b/epan/plugins.h
index 02fbfa83db..b11c4748ec 100644
--- a/epan/plugins.h
+++ b/epan/plugins.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include "packet.h"
 
 typedef struct _plugin {
-    GModule	*handle;          /* handle returned by dlopen */
+    GModule	*handle;          /* handle returned by g_module_open */
     gchar       *name;            /* plugin name */
     gchar       *version;         /* plugin version */
     void (*register_protoinfo)(void); /* routine to call to register protocol information */