diff --git a/agent/conf/agent.properties b/agent/conf/agent.properties
index e7e3b9cfdcb..b8b7a7cdad0 100644
--- a/agent/conf/agent.properties
+++ b/agent/conf/agent.properties
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ domr.scripts.dir=scripts/network/domr/kvm
 
 # Busy VMs may never finish migrating, depending on environment. When its available, we will
 # want to add support for autoconvergence migration flag which should fix this. Set an upper
-# limit in seconds for how long live migration should wait, at which point VM is paused and
+# limit in milliseconds for how long live migration should wait, at which point VM is paused and
 # migration will finish quickly.  Less than 1 means disabled.
 #vm.migrate.pauseafter=0