diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 4475b3bb494d5..9f3a2db9109ef 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -2229,7 +2229,7 @@ void tcp_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
 	/*	This is a (useful) BSD violating of the RFC. There is a
 	 *	problem with TCP as specified in that the other end could
 	 *	keep a socket open forever with no application left this end.
-	 *	We use a 3 minute timeout (about the same as BSD) then kill
+	 *	We use a 1 minute timeout (about the same as BSD) then kill
 	 *	our end. If they send after that then tough - BUT: long enough
 	 *	that we won't make the old 4*rto = almost no time - whoops
 	 *	reset mistake.