diff --git a/regex-automata/src/util/search.rs b/regex-automata/src/util/search.rs
index ce30866b7..05b1cff54 100644
--- a/regex-automata/src/util/search.rs
+++ b/regex-automata/src/util/search.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ impl<'h> Input<'h> {
     /// Create a new search configuration for the given haystack.
     #[inline]
     pub fn new<H: ?Sized + AsRef<[u8]>>(haystack: &'h H) -> Input<'h> {
-        // Perform only one call to `haystack.as_ref()` to protect from malicious
+        // Perform only one call to `haystack.as_ref()` to protect from incorrect
         // implementations that return different values from multiple calls.
         // This is important because there's code that relies on `span` not being
         // out of bounds with respect to the stored `haystack`.
@@ -1973,7 +1973,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn malicious_asref_guard() {
+    fn incorrect_asref_guard() {
         struct Bad(std::cell::Cell<bool>);
 
         impl AsRef<[u8]> for Bad {