diff --git a/src/net/http/httptrace/trace.go b/src/net/http/httptrace/trace.go
index 93c07b8ac3..8c29c4aa6f 100644
--- a/src/net/http/httptrace/trace.go
+++ b/src/net/http/httptrace/trace.go
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ func WithClientTrace(ctx context.Context, trace *ClientTrace) context.Context {
 	return ctx
 }
 
-// ClientTrace is a set of hooks to run at various stages of an HTTP
-// client request. Any particular hook may be nil. Functions may be
+// ClientTrace is a set of hooks to run at various stages of an outgoing
+// HTTP request. Any particular hook may be nil. Functions may be
 // called concurrently from different goroutines, starting after the
 // call to Transport.RoundTrip and ending either when RoundTrip
 // returns an error, or when the Response.Body is closed.