diff --git a/samples/HealthChecksSample/CustomWriterStartup.cs b/samples/HealthChecksSample/CustomWriterStartup.cs
index 97003068fc..0c3e542b72 100644
--- a/samples/HealthChecksSample/CustomWriterStartup.cs
+++ b/samples/HealthChecksSample/CustomWriterStartup.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace HealthChecksSample
             // check result in a totally custom way.
             app.UseHealthChecks("/health", new HealthCheckOptions()
             {
-                // This custom writer formats the detailed status as an HTML table.
+                // This custom writer formats the detailed status as JSON.
                 ResponseWriter = WriteResponse,
             });