diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/akka-actor/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 3ad3767413..00e9523b1e 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ akka {
     unstarted-push-timeout = 10s
 
     typed {
-      # Default timeout for typed actor methods with non-void return type
+      # Default timeout for the depredated TypedActor (not the new actor APIs in 2.6) methods with non-void return type
       timeout = 5s
     }