diff --git a/makefiles/vars.inc.mk b/makefiles/vars.inc.mk
index 82e7b8e1df..d4cbbfa717 100644
--- a/makefiles/vars.inc.mk
+++ b/makefiles/vars.inc.mk
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export HEXFILE               # The 'intel hex' stripped result of the compilatio
 # PROGRAMMERS_SUPPORTED      # The list of programmers supported by a board
 # PROGRAMMER_QUIET           # Change verbosity of programmer output (only used with flash and reset targets).
                              # Default is 1, not verbose. Use 0 to get normal programmer output.
-# USE_PROGRAMMER_WRAPPER_SCRIPT     # Use the programmer wrapper Python script. Default is 1 (0 if RIOT_CI_BUILD is set).
+# USE_PROGRAMMER_WRAPPER_SCRIPT     # Use the programmer wrapper Python script. Default is 0 (wrapper not used).
 
 
 export DLCACHE               # directory used to cache http downloads