diff --git a/app/vmselect/main.go b/app/vmselect/main.go
index 9f344f05a6..584164c3d8 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/main.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/main.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ var concurrencyCh chan struct{}
 
 func requestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 	// Limit the number of concurrent queries.
-	// Sleep for a second until giving up. This should resolve short bursts in requests.
+	// Sleep for a while until giving up. This should resolve short bursts in requests.
 	t := time.NewTimer(*maxQueueDuration)
 	select {
 	case concurrencyCh <- struct{}{}: