diff --git a/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/timeout/WriteTimeoutException.java b/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/timeout/WriteTimeoutException.java
index 495d33dd4b..206569095f 100644
--- a/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/timeout/WriteTimeoutException.java
+++ b/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/timeout/WriteTimeoutException.java
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 package io.netty.handler.timeout;
 
 /**
- * A {@link TimeoutException} raised by {@link WriteTimeoutHandler} when no data
- * was written within a certain period of time.
+ * A {@link TimeoutException} raised by {@link WriteTimeoutHandler} when a write operation
+ * cannot finish in a certain period of time.
  */
 public final class WriteTimeoutException extends TimeoutException {