diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/files/lineinfile.py b/lib/ansible/modules/files/lineinfile.py
index 27b512ec331..47b0b5a0d81 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/files/lineinfile.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/files/lineinfile.py
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ def present(module, dest, regexp, line, insertafter, insertbefore, create,
     msg = ''
     changed = False
     b_linesep = to_bytes(os.linesep, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
-    # Regexp matched a line in the file
+    # Exact line or Regexp matched a line in the file
     if index[0] != -1:
         if backrefs:
             b_new_line = m.expand(b_line)