diff --git a/draft-ietf-quic-recovery.md b/draft-ietf-quic-recovery.md
index e7ec4fe6a7..37779c76de 100644
--- a/draft-ietf-quic-recovery.md
+++ b/draft-ietf-quic-recovery.md
@@ -1103,8 +1103,7 @@ SetLossDetectionTimer():
 
   // Calculate PTO duration
   timeout =
-    smoothed_rtt + 4 * rttvar + max_ack_delay
-  timeout = max(timeout, kGranularity)
+    smoothed_rtt + max(4 * rttvar, kGranularity) + max_ack_delay
   timeout = timeout * (2 ^ pto_count)
 
   loss_detection_timer.update(