diff --git a/pavelib/utils/test/utils.py b/pavelib/utils/test/utils.py
index 88681696f0ac9a5a58c102ef12f64af5dab47a8c..8e3e3e62b172db1bb56fcdb0703052b234c529f1 100644
--- a/pavelib/utils/test/utils.py
+++ b/pavelib/utils/test/utils.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def clean_test_files():
 
 def clean_dir(directory):
     """
-    Clean coverage files, to ensure that we don't use stale data to generate reports.
+    Delete all the files from the specified directory.
     """
     # We delete the files but preserve the directory structure
     # so that coverage.py has a place to put the reports.