diff --git a/puppet/zulip/files/nginx/zulip-include-app.d/keepalive-loadbalancer.conf b/puppet/zulip/files/nginx/zulip-include-app.d/keepalive-loadbalancer.conf
index 5d1c552c4e..8593b57862 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip/files/nginx/zulip-include-app.d/keepalive-loadbalancer.conf
+++ b/puppet/zulip/files/nginx/zulip-include-app.d/keepalive-loadbalancer.conf
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 # deciding to shut down the connection, and the load-balancer sending
 # a request, resulting in a 502 from the loadbalancer.
 #
-# The timeouts on the loadbalancer are assumed to be 20min (1200s);
-# these timeouts are hence for 21min.
+# The timeouts on the loadbalancer are assumed to be 20min (1200s) or
+# less; these timeouts are hence for 21min.
 
 keepalive_timeout     1260;
 client_header_timeout 1260;