diff --git a/kwant/continuum/discretizer.py b/kwant/continuum/discretizer.py
index 457842978ce57c19505ac85e3cf4022c222da670..cac7839927305da0b828a279033fddd85fbf5386 100644
--- a/kwant/continuum/discretizer.py
+++ b/kwant/continuum/discretizer.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class _DiscretizedBuilder(builder.Builder):
             else:
                 a, b = key
                 assert a is site
-                result.extend(["# Hopping in direction ",
+                result.extend(["# Hopping from ",
                                str(tuple(b.tag)),
                                ":\n"])
             result.append(val._source if callable(val) else repr(val))