diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
index 62b9c5ccfe..a33522163e 100755
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
@@ -4962,7 +4962,7 @@
   <name>dfs.namenode.replication.max-streams</name>
   <value>2</value>
   <description>
-    Hard limit for the number of highest-priority replication streams.
+    Hard limit for the number of replication streams other than those with highest-priority.
   </description>
 </property>