diff --git a/src/common/pa_front.c b/src/common/pa_front.c
index 6817727..b15265b 100644
--- a/src/common/pa_front.c
+++ b/src/common/pa_front.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static PaError InitializeHostApis( void )
             assert( hostApi->info.defaultInputDevice < hostApi->info.deviceCount );
             assert( hostApi->info.defaultOutputDevice < hostApi->info.deviceCount );
 
-            /* the first successfully initialized host API with at least one input *or* 
+            /* the first successfully initialized host API with a default input *or* 
                output device is used as the default host API.
             */
             if( (defaultHostApiIndex_ == -1) &&