diff --git a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinxpackageboxes.sty b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinxpackageboxes.sty
index 0768385b2..1c1ec57ad 100644
--- a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinxpackageboxes.sty
+++ b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinxpackageboxes.sty
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 % horizontal mode).  It takes into account four border widths parameters, four
 % padding parameters, two shadow widths (each possibly negative), and three
 % colors: background, border and shadow.  Its boundary box takes into account
-% all of shadow, border and padding.  It is up to the color to take steps for
+% all of shadow, border and padding.  It is up to the caller to take steps for
 % the shadow (and perhaps also border, and padding) to go into margin or stay
 % inside the text area, in collaboration with framed.sty.  In usage as a
 % "FrameCommand" with framed.sty, the argument will already be a collection