diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/putil.cpp b/icu4c/source/common/putil.cpp
index ca93f64e8fb4..83f08ac07056 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/putil.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/putil.cpp
@@ -676,8 +676,8 @@ extern U_IMPORT char *U_TZNAME[];
 #if !UCONFIG_NO_FILE_IO && ((U_PLATFORM_IS_DARWIN_BASED && (U_PLATFORM != U_PF_IPHONE || defined(U_TIMEZONE))) || U_PLATFORM_IS_LINUX_BASED || U_PLATFORM == U_PF_BSD || U_PLATFORM == U_PF_SOLARIS)
 /* These platforms are likely to use Olson timezone IDs. */
 /* common targets of the symbolic link at TZDEFAULT are:
- * "/usr/share/zoneinfo/<olsonID>" default, older Linus distros, macOS to 10.12
- * "../usr/share/zoneinfo/<olsonID>" newer Linux distros: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Ubuntu, SuSe Linux
+ * "/usr/share/zoneinfo/<olsonID>" default, older Linux distros, macOS to 10.12
+ * "../usr/share/zoneinfo/<olsonID>" newer Linux distros: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Ubuntu 16, SuSe Linux 12
  * "/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/<olsonID>" Solaris
  * "../usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/<olsonID>" Solaris
  * "/var/db/timezone/zoneinfo/<olsonID>" macOS 10.13