1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 2cf9a898ce50..d6e488668171 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1573,14 +1573,12 @@ void tcp_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
 
         sk_stream_mem_reclaim(sk);
 
-        /* As outlined in draft-ietf-tcpimpl-prob-03.txt, section
-         * 3.10, we send a RST here because data was lost.  To
-         * witness the awful effects of the old behavior of always
-         * doing a FIN, run an older 2.1.x kernel or 2.0.x, start
-         * a bulk GET in an FTP client, suspend the process, wait
-         * for the client to advertise a zero window, then kill -9
-         * the FTP client, wheee...  Note: timeout is always zero
-         * in such a case.
+        /* As outlined in RFC 2525, section 2.17, we send a RST here because
+         * data was lost. To witness the awful effects of the old behavior of
+         * always doing a FIN, run an older 2.1.x kernel or 2.0.x, start a bulk
+         * GET in an FTP client, suspend the process, wait for the client to
+         * advertise a zero window, then kill -9 the FTP client, wheee...
+         * Note: timeout is always zero in such a case.
          */
         if (data_was_unread) {
                 /* Unread data was tossed, zap the connection. */