diff --git a/exercises/practice/game-of-life/src/game_of_life.clj b/exercises/practice/game-of-life/src/game_of_life.clj
index a30a39eb..62cb25e9 100644
--- a/exercises/practice/game-of-life/src/game_of_life.clj
+++ b/exercises/practice/game-of-life/src/game_of_life.clj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (ns game-of-life)
 
 (defn tick
-  "Return the next generation of the given matrix."
-  [matrix]
+  "Returns the next generation of the cells."
+  [cells]
   ;; function body
   )
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