diff --git a/src/net/http/transport.go b/src/net/http/transport.go
index 05a1659136..f2d2f79280 100644
--- a/src/net/http/transport.go
+++ b/src/net/http/transport.go
@@ -2481,7 +2481,7 @@ type requestAndChan struct {
 	callerGone <-chan struct{} // closed when roundTrip caller has returned
 }
 
-// A writeRequest is sent by the readLoop's goroutine to the
+// A writeRequest is sent by the caller's goroutine to the
 // writeLoop's goroutine to write a request while the read loop
 // concurrently waits on both the write response and the server's
 // reply.