1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 6d8757008318..c1d0170a6585 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -95,12 +95,13 @@ enum {
  * represents timeout for that try.  The first try can be soft or
  * hardreset.  All others are hardreset if available.  In most cases
  * the first reset w/ 10sec timeout should succeed.  Following entries
- * are mostly for error handling, hotplug and retarded devices.
+ * are mostly for error handling, hotplug and those outlier devices that
+ * take an exceptionally long time to recover from reset.
  */
 static const unsigned long ata_eh_reset_timeouts[] = {
         10000,  /* most drives spin up by 10sec */
         10000,  /* > 99% working drives spin up before 20sec */
-        35000,  /* give > 30 secs of idleness for retarded devices */
+        35000,  /* give > 30 secs of idleness for outlier devices */
          5000,  /* and sweet one last chance */
         ULONG_MAX, /* > 1 min has elapsed, give up */
 };