diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index 0876380..8e8f6d0 100755
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -1816,7 +1816,7 @@ all() {
 # git by adding -b $branch in $giturl. $reporev will select the correct
 # commit, revision or tag for you. If you specify $disturl your distfile
 # will automatically be uploaded with rsync to the url provided.
-# Base version defaults to 0 except if specified by $basever.
+# Base version defaults to 0 except if specified by $verbase.
 
 snapshot() {
         # check if we setup vars correctly