diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/putil.cpp b/icu4c/source/common/putil.cpp
index ce585b42e4c..46b7abc4397 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/putil.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/putil.cpp
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ icu/source/tools/tzcode/tz.alias
 Sometimes no daylight savings (0) is important to define due to aliases.
 This list can be tested with icu/source/test/compat/tzone.pl
 More values could be added to daylightType to increase precision.
-g*/
+*/
 static const struct OffsetZoneMapping OFFSET_ZONE_MAPPINGS[] = {
     {-45900, 2, "CHAST", "CHADT", "Pacific/Chatham"},
     {-43200, 1, "PETT", "PETST", "Asia/Kamchatka"},