diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/WebMvcProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/WebMvcProperties.java
index b0f665f156..d81b67c31d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/WebMvcProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/WebMvcProperties.java
@@ -207,8 +207,7 @@ public class WebMvcProperties {
 
 		/**
 		 * Amount of time before asynchronous request handling times out. If this value is
-		 * not set, the default timeout of the underlying implementation is used, e.g. 10
-		 * seconds on Tomcat with Servlet 3.
+		 * not set, the default timeout of the underlying implementation is used.
 		 */
 		private Duration requestTimeout;