diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 09dc0c2..f922fe8 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpc_max_payload);
 
 /**
- * rpc_get_timeout - Get timeout for transport in tenths of seconds
+ * rpc_get_timeout - Get timeout for transport in units of HZ
  * @clnt: RPC client to query
  */
 unsigned long rpc_get_timeout(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)