diff --git a/src/pkg/net/http/server.go b/src/pkg/net/http/server.go
index 89a46f06bb..721be80293 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/http/server.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/http/server.go
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ func (srv *Server) ListenAndServeTLS(certFile, keyFile string) error {
 // TimeoutHandler returns a Handler that runs h with the given time limit.
 //
 // The new Handler calls h.ServeHTTP to handle each request, but if a
-// call runs for more than ns nanoseconds, the handler responds with
+// call runs for longer than its time limit, the handler responds with
 // a 503 Service Unavailable error and the given message in its body.
 // (If msg is empty, a suitable default message will be sent.)
 // After such a timeout, writes by h to its ResponseWriter will return