diff --git a/include/haproxy/defaults.h b/include/haproxy/defaults.h
index cc4d47683..eaa2f03bb 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/defaults.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/defaults.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 #define DEF_MAX_THREADS_PER_GROUP 16
 #endif
 
-/* threads enabled, max_threads defaults to long bits for 1 tgroup or 4 times
+/* threads enabled, max_threads defaults to long bits for 1 tgroup or 16 times
  * long bits if more tgroups are enabled.
  */
 #ifndef MAX_THREADS