diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/types.go b/pkg/apis/core/types.go
index 1af03e2990c..0aff8e00f66 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/types.go
@@ -4771,9 +4771,9 @@ 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 08b6c700672..b3b6c814fd3 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
@@ -5491,9 +5491,9 @@ 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"