diff --git a/builder/vsphere/common/step_hardware.go b/builder/vsphere/common/step_hardware.go
index 28ff14e1e..6a5e6d064 100644
--- a/builder/vsphere/common/step_hardware.go
+++ b/builder/vsphere/common/step_hardware.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type HardwareConfig struct {
-	// Number of CPU sockets.
+	// Number of CPU cores.
 	CPUs int32 `mapstructure:"CPUs"`
 	// Number of CPU cores per socket.
 	CpuCores int32 `mapstructure:"cpu_cores"`