diff --git a/esphome/core/entity_base.h b/esphome/core/entity_base.h
index 91fb8eb5b27..20eb68b67a7 100644
--- a/esphome/core/entity_base.h
+++ b/esphome/core/entity_base.h
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class EntityBase {
   }
 
   // Get this entity's device class into a stack buffer.
-  // On ESP32: returns pointer to PROGMEM string directly (buffer unused).
+  // On non-ESP8266: returns pointer to PROGMEM string directly (buffer unused).
   // On ESP8266: copies from PROGMEM to buffer, returns buffer pointer.
   const char *get_device_class_to(std::span<char, MAX_DEVICE_CLASS_LENGTH> buffer) const;