diff --git a/lib/_http_client.js b/lib/_http_client.js
index de7b01cbd1b9bd..f50d256da6ded9 100644
--- a/lib/_http_client.js
+++ b/lib/_http_client.js
@@ -705,10 +705,10 @@ function onSocketNT(req, socket) {
 ClientRequest.prototype._deferToConnect = _deferToConnect;
 function _deferToConnect(method, arguments_, cb) {
   // This function is for calls that need to happen once the socket is
-  // connected and writable. It's an important promisy thing for all the socket
-  // calls that happen either now (when a socket is assigned) or
-  // in the future (when a socket gets assigned out of the pool and is
-  // eventually writable).
+  // assigned to this request and writable. It's an important promisy
+  // thing for all the socket calls that happen either now
+  // (when a socket is assigned) or in the future (when a socket gets
+  // assigned out of the pool and is eventually writable).
 
   const callSocketMethod = () => {
     if (method)