diff --git a/draft-ietf-quic-recovery.md b/draft-ietf-quic-recovery.md
index d4566891a6..b6c3ed24e3 100644
--- a/draft-ietf-quic-recovery.md
+++ b/draft-ietf-quic-recovery.md
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ Pseudocode for SetLossDetectionTimer follows:
  SetLossDetectionTimer():
     // Don't arm timer if there are no ack-eliciting packets
     // in flight.
-    if (bytes_in_flight == 0):
+    if (no ack-eliciting packets in flight):
       loss_detection_timer.cancel()
       return