diff --git a/ringbuffer/RingBuffer.go b/ringbuffer/RingBuffer.go
index 7c239f80..cb152112 100644
--- a/ringbuffer/RingBuffer.go
+++ b/ringbuffer/RingBuffer.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ type ringBuffer struct {
 }
 
 /*
-New returns the addres of a new ring buffer with the parameters specified.
+New returns a pointer to a newly allocated RingBuffer with the parameters specified.
 It initialises fields and allocates the required dataMemory.
 */
 func NewRingBuffer(bufferSize int, elementSize int) (rb *ringBuffer) {