diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/input_adapters.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/input_adapters.hpp
index 386fd0ea2..949b8397c 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/input_adapters.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/input_adapters.hpp
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ class input_adapter
 
     // derived support
 
-    /// input adapter for string literal
+    /// input adapter for null-terminated strings
     template<typename CharT,
              typename std::enable_if<
                  std::is_pointer<CharT>::value and
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 15c49302d..24b35e60d 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -2502,7 +2502,7 @@ class input_adapter
 
     // derived support
 
-    /// input adapter for string literal
+    /// input adapter for null-terminated strings
     template<typename CharT,
              typename std::enable_if<
                  std::is_pointer<CharT>::value and