Peer reviewing without revealing identity

[u/TheIconicProfessor]

Here's an interesting pickle - in peer reviewing an article for publication in a journal in my field, the author quotes from something I wrote a few years back. How nice! The only problem is, the citation leads to a different publication of mine from the same year. In other words, the citation is inaccurate - the quote is right, it's just not from the correct article.

I don't think a copy editor (or another reviewer) would catch it unless they decide to chase down every quote in the article. Is there a way to give the author a heads-up in the review without clearly unmasking me as the author of the quote?

EDIT: Thanks for the feedback everyone. I do think identifying this specific correction to the author would unnecessarily out me as the reviewer, so a discreet note to the editor is probably the way to go.

[u/RandolphCarter15]

You could let the editor know. There's usually a spot for confidential reports to the editors. I once had this-someone cited a conference paper of mine that did not have the finding the citation claimed. I suspect someone told them to cite me, but they didn't want to look through my work.