diff --git a/src/python/pants/backend/python/lint/pylint/rules.py b/src/python/pants/backend/python/lint/pylint/rules.py
index 3ca55962521..eb66e11ed30 100644
--- a/src/python/pants/backend/python/lint/pylint/rules.py
+++ b/src/python/pants/backend/python/lint/pylint/rules.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ async def pylint_lint_partition(
 #  targets per field set. Doing that would require changing how we calculate interpreter
 #  constraints to be more like how we determine resolves, i.e. only inspecting the root target
 #  (and later validating the closure is compatible).
-@rule(desc="Determine if necessary to partition MyPy input", level=LogLevel.DEBUG)
+@rule(desc="Determine if necessary to partition Pylint input", level=LogLevel.DEBUG)
 async def pylint_determine_partitions(
     request: PylintRequest, python_setup: PythonSetup, first_party_plugins: PylintFirstPartyPlugins
 ) -> PylintPartitions: