diff --git a/distributed/nanny.py b/distributed/nanny.py
index a248c08cb19..fcff077a8d6 100644
--- a/distributed/nanny.py
+++ b/distributed/nanny.py
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ async def run() -> None:
                 # Otherwise we arrive in a race condition where the process
                 # cleanup wipes the queue before the exception can be
                 # properly handled. See also
-                # WorkerProcess._wait_until_connected (the 2 is for good
+                # WorkerProcess._wait_until_connected (the 3 is for good
                 # measure)
                 sync_sleep(cls._init_msg_interval * 3)