diff --git a/draft-ietf-quic-transport.md b/draft-ietf-quic-transport.md
index beb538ce39..9e0c3c8ef0 100644
--- a/draft-ietf-quic-transport.md
+++ b/draft-ietf-quic-transport.md
@@ -1829,9 +1829,7 @@ The fields in the MAX_DATA frame are as follows:
 Maximum Data:
 
 : A 64-bit unsigned integer indicating the maximum amount of data that can be
-  sent on the entire connection, in units of 1024 octets.  That is, the updated
-  connection-level data limit is determined by multiplying the encoded value by
-  1024.
+  sent on the entire connection, in units of octets.
 
 All data sent in STREAM frames counts toward this limit, with the exception of
 data on stream 0.  The sum of the largest received offsets on all streams -