diff --git a/Lib/test/test_mmap.py b/Lib/test/test_mmap.py
index 92c99d645b25cc..dfcf3039422af5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_mmap.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_mmap.py
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def test_access_parameter(self):
                 try:
                     m = mmap.mmap(f.fileno(), mapsize, prot=prot)
                 except PermissionError:
-                    # on macOS 14, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE is not allowed
+                    # on macOS 14, PROT_READ | PROT_EXEC is not allowed
                     pass
                 else:
                     self.assertRaises(TypeError, m.write, b"abcdef")