diff --git a/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/standard_sql.proto b/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/standard_sql.proto
index c8d2c78e6d..61cf6ddcc2 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/standard_sql.proto
+++ b/google/cloud/bigquery/v2/standard_sql.proto
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ message StandardSqlDataType {
   }
 
   // Required. The top level type of this field.
-  // Can be any standard SQL data type (e.g., "INT64", "DATE", "ARRAY").
+  // Can be any GoogleSQL data type (e.g., "INT64", "DATE", "ARRAY").
   TypeKind type_kind = 1 [(google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];
 
   oneof sub_type {