diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/unicode/ulocbuilder.h b/icu4c/source/common/unicode/ulocbuilder.h
index 86599a043b4c..dfcf973c8c96 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/unicode/ulocbuilder.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/unicode/ulocbuilder.h
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ ulocbld_setRegion(ULocaleBuilder* builder, const char* region, int32_t length);
 
 /**
  * Sets the variant.  If variant is the empty string, the variant in this
- * <code>LocaleBuilder</code> is removed.  Otherwise, the <code>variant</code>
+ * <code>ULocaleBuilder</code> is removed.  Otherwise, the <code>variant</code>
  * must be well-formed, or else the ulocbld_buildLocaleID() and
  * ulocbld_buildLanguageTag() methods will later report an
  * U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR.