diff --git a/docs/source/development/messaging.rst b/docs/source/development/messaging.rst
index 222f708..a90ca49 100644
--- a/docs/source/development/messaging.rst
+++ b/docs/source/development/messaging.rst
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ kernel has three sockets that serve the following functions:
    The frontend that executed the code has a DEALER socket that acts as a 'virtual keyboard'
    for the kernel while this communication is happening (illustrated in the
    figure by the black outline around the central keyboard).  In practice,
-   frontends may display such kernel requests using a special input comm or
+   frontends may display such kernel requests using a special input widget or
    otherwise indicating that the user is to type input for the kernel instead
    of normal commands in the frontend.