diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/reduction.h b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/reduction.h
index 9de44de61b81..761497be126f 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/reduction.h
+++ b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/reduction.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ typedef int (PyArray_AssignReduceUnitFunc)(PyArrayObject *result,
  *              npy_intp count = *countptr;
  *
  *              // Skip any first-visit elements
- *              if (NpyIter_IsFirstVisit(iter, 1)) {
+ *              if (NpyIter_IsFirstVisit(iter, 0)) {
  *                  if (stride0 == 0) {
  *                      --count;
  *                      --skip_first_count;
diff --git a/numpy/core/src/umath/ufunc_object.c b/numpy/core/src/umath/ufunc_object.c
index a86c67c2d288..643e1d6f0822 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/umath/ufunc_object.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/umath/ufunc_object.c
@@ -2881,7 +2881,7 @@ PyUFunc_Reduce(PyUFuncObject *self, PyArrayObject *arr, PyArrayObject *out,
                     npy_intp count = *count_ptr;
 
                     /* Skip any first-visit elements */
-                    if (NpyIter_IsFirstVisit(iter, 1)) {
+                    if (NpyIter_IsFirstVisit(iter, 0)) {
                         if (stride[0] == 0) {
                             --count;
                             --skip_first_count;
@@ -2933,7 +2933,7 @@ PyUFunc_Reduce(PyUFuncObject *self, PyArrayObject *arr, PyArrayObject *out,
                     npy_intp count = *count_ptr;
 
                     /* Skip any first-visit elements */
-                    if (NpyIter_IsFirstVisit(iter, 1)) {
+                    if (NpyIter_IsFirstVisit(iter, 0)) {
                         if (stride[0] == 0) {
                             --count;
                             --skip_first_count;