diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/DirectChannelBufferFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/DirectChannelBufferFactory.java
index ff4e96171e..c7767b22ce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/DirectChannelBufferFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/DirectChannelBufferFactory.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class DirectChannelBufferFactory extends AbstractChannelBufferFactory {
 
     private final Object bigEndianLock = new Object();
     private final Object littleEndianLock = new Object();
-    private final int preallocatedBufferCapacity = 1048576;
+    private final int preallocatedBufferCapacity = 1048576; // FIXME Magic number
     private ChannelBuffer preallocatedBigEndianBuffer = null;
     private int preallocatedBigEndianBufferPosition;
     private ChannelBuffer preallocatedLittleEndianBuffer = null;