diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/environment/environment.py b/lib/spack/spack/environment/environment.py
index 299cc1f59f0..c50e662e31e 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/environment/environment.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/environment/environment.py
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ def from_dict(base_path, d):
     @property
     def _current_root(self):
         """
-        Return the directory in which the view is currently implemented.
+        Return the directory in which the view has been constructed.
 
         If the view is using renameat2 for atomic updates, self.root is a directory and the root
         of the underlying implementation is the same as self.root.