diff --git a/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini b/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini
index f9341cf8e4..16547d8bd7 100644
--- a/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini
+++ b/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@
     ;
     ;scene_throttle_max_bps = 2621440
 
-    ; Maximum bits per second to send to any single client. This will override
+    ; Maximum bytes per second to send to any single client. This will override
     ; the user's viewer preference settings. The default value is 0, meaning no
     ; aggregate throttling on clients (only per-category throttling). The
     ; example given here is 1.5 megabits