diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketChannelFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketChannelFactory.java
index 29e7c9f304..86d5c193f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketChannelFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketChannelFactory.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.SocketChannel;
*
*
* - close all channels created by the factory,
- * - call {@link ExecutorService#shutdown()} for all executors which were
+ *
- call {@link ExecutorService#shutdownNow()} for all executors which were
* specified to create the factory, and
* - call {@link ExecutorService#awaitTermination(long, TimeUnit)}
* until it returns {@code true}.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketChannelFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketChannelFactory.java
index f540683bf3..9ae5d4fed6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketChannelFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketChannelFactory.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.ServerSocketChannelFactory;
*
* - unbind all channels created by the factory,
*
- close all child channels accepted by the unbound channels,
- * - call {@link ExecutorService#shutdown()} for all executors which were
+ *
- call {@link ExecutorService#shutdownNow()} for all executors which were
* specified to create the factory, and
* - call {@link ExecutorService#awaitTermination(long, TimeUnit)}
* until it returns {@code true}.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioClientSocketChannelFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioClientSocketChannelFactory.java
index 0dd20d2811..a1eb899bb0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioClientSocketChannelFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioClientSocketChannelFactory.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.SocketChannel;
*
*
* - close all channels created by the factory,
- * - call {@link ExecutorService#shutdown()} for the {@code workerExecutor}
+ *
- call {@link ExecutorService#shutdownNow()} for the {@code workerExecutor}
* which was specified to create the factory, and
* - call {@link ExecutorService#awaitTermination(long, TimeUnit)}
* until it returns {@code true}.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioServerSocketChannelFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioServerSocketChannelFactory.java
index 09092eccd9..125257dca4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioServerSocketChannelFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioServerSocketChannelFactory.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.ServerSocketChannelFactory;
*
* - unbind all channels created by the factory,
*
- close all child channels accepted by the unbound channels,
- * - call {@link ExecutorService#shutdown()} for all executors which were
+ *
- call {@link ExecutorService#shutdownNow()} for all executors which were
* specified to create the factory, and
* - call {@link ExecutorService#awaitTermination(long, TimeUnit)}
* until it returns {@code true}.