diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go
index 100316dd9e..5fb284eb11 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ const (
 	// Threads is the pthread asynchronous I/O implementation.
 	Threads BlockDeviceAIO = "threads"
 
-	// Native is the pthread asynchronous I/O implementation.
+	// Native is the native Linux AIO implementation.
 	Native BlockDeviceAIO = "native"
 )