diff --git a/src/net/http/server.go b/src/net/http/server.go
index bcc283b66c..2eb16ff632 100644
--- a/src/net/http/server.go
+++ b/src/net/http/server.go
@@ -3177,8 +3177,8 @@ func (srv *Server) onceSetNextProtoDefaults() {
 // After such a timeout, writes by h to its ResponseWriter will return
 // ErrHandlerTimeout.
 //
-// TimeoutHandler buffers all Handler writes to memory and does not
-// support the Hijacker or Flusher interfaces.
+// TimeoutHandler supports the Flusher and Pusher interfaces but does not
+// support the Hijacker interface.
 func TimeoutHandler(h Handler, dt time.Duration, msg string) Handler {
 	return &timeoutHandler{
 		handler: h,