diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/testdata/short_ssa.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/testdata/short_ssa.go
index 9427423ff3..1aa7d3e677 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/testdata/short_ssa.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/testdata/short_ssa.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// compile
+// run
 
 // Copyright 2015 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style