diff --git a/net/http/src/THttpWSHandler.cxx b/net/http/src/THttpWSHandler.cxx
index a51d5a6685bd69258275afd2b7aed2d348d07bc2..2b3008b3025e5ad8e3383c0d248534fe072a4bed 100644
--- a/net/http/src/THttpWSHandler.cxx
+++ b/net/http/src/THttpWSHandler.cxx
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ void THttpWSHandler::SendWS(UInt_t wsid, const void *buf, int len)
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-/// Send binary data with binary data via given websocket id
+/// Send binary data with text header via given websocket id
 
 void THttpWSHandler::SendHeaderWS(UInt_t wsid, const char *hdr, const void *buf, int len)
 {