diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/reflector.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/reflector.go
index 054a7373c96..dfe3191dc3e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/reflector.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/reflector.go
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ type Reflector struct {
 var (
 	// We try to spread the load on apiserver by setting timeouts for
 	// watch requests - it is random in [minWatchTimeout, 2*minWatchTimeout].
-	// However, it can be modified to avoid periodic resync to break the
-	// TCP connection.
 	minWatchTimeout = 5 * time.Minute
 )