diff --git a/draft-ietf-quic-transport.md b/draft-ietf-quic-transport.md
index f43916a0d4..f42827c628 100644
--- a/draft-ietf-quic-transport.md
+++ b/draft-ietf-quic-transport.md
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ blocked for at least an entire round trip.
 
 When a sender receives credit after being blocked, it might be able to send a
 large amount of data in response, resulting in short-term congestion; see
-Section 6.9 in {{QUIC-RECOVERY}} for a discussion of how a sender can avoid this
+Section 7.7 in {{QUIC-RECOVERY}} for a discussion of how a sender can avoid this
 congestion.