diff --git a/src/libstd/net/tcp.rs b/src/libstd/net/tcp.rs
index 63817c9f10f5f..e225aba2bf813 100644
--- a/src/libstd/net/tcp.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/net/tcp.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ pub struct TcpStream(net_imp::TcpStream);
 ///     // ...
 /// }
 ///
-/// // accept connections and process them, spawning a new thread for each one
+/// // accept connections and process them serially
 /// for stream in listener.incoming() {
 ///     match stream {
 ///         Ok(stream) => {