diff --git a/beginner_source/examples_tensor/polynomial_numpy.py b/beginner_source/examples_tensor/polynomial_numpy.py
index a1a378e50ed..6eea486f712 100755
--- a/beginner_source/examples_tensor/polynomial_numpy.py
+++ b/beginner_source/examples_tensor/polynomial_numpy.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     if t % 100 == 99:
         print(t, loss)
 
-    # Backprop to compute gradients of a, b, c, d with respect to loss
+    # Backprop to compute gradients of loss with respect to parameters a, b, c, d
     grad_y_pred = 2.0 * (y_pred - y)
     grad_a = grad_y_pred.sum()
     grad_b = (grad_y_pred * x).sum()