diff --git a/include/seqan3/contrib/stream/bgzf.hpp b/include/seqan3/contrib/stream/bgzf.hpp
index 456b41a729..8d62232670 100644
--- a/include/seqan3/contrib/stream/bgzf.hpp
+++ b/include/seqan3/contrib/stream/bgzf.hpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 namespace seqan3::contrib
 {
 
-/*!\brief A static variable indicating the number of threads to use for the bgzf-streams. Defaults to 4.
+/*!\brief A global variable indicating the number of threads to use for the bgzf-streams. Defaults to 4.
  */
 [[maybe_unused]] inline uint64_t bgzf_thread_count = 4;