diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/types.go b/pkg/apis/core/types.go
index 7514c3cdd0d..ba40c8c6dcc 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/types.go
@@ -4831,9 +4831,9 @@ type ResourceQuotaScope string
 
 // These are valid values for resource quota spec
 const (
-	// Match all pod objects where spec.activeDeadlineSeconds
+	// Match all pod objects where spec.activeDeadlineSeconds >=0
 	ResourceQuotaScopeTerminating ResourceQuotaScope = "Terminating"
-	// Match all pod objects where !spec.activeDeadlineSeconds
+	// Match all pod objects where spec.activeDeadlineSeconds is nil
 	ResourceQuotaScopeNotTerminating ResourceQuotaScope = "NotTerminating"
 	// Match all pod objects that have best effort quality of service
 	ResourceQuotaScopeBestEffort ResourceQuotaScope = "BestEffort"
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
index 2bba9725192..9ed7e6350af 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
@@ -5613,9 +5613,9 @@ const (
 type ResourceQuotaScope string
 
 const (
-	// Match all pod objects where spec.activeDeadlineSeconds
+	// Match all pod objects where spec.activeDeadlineSeconds >=0
 	ResourceQuotaScopeTerminating ResourceQuotaScope = "Terminating"
-	// Match all pod objects where !spec.activeDeadlineSeconds
+	// Match all pod objects where spec.activeDeadlineSeconds is nil
 	ResourceQuotaScopeNotTerminating ResourceQuotaScope = "NotTerminating"
 	// Match all pod objects that have best effort quality of service
 	ResourceQuotaScopeBestEffort ResourceQuotaScope = "BestEffort"