diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterPortSettings.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterPortSettings.java
index ee32ec756aeaa..d4a1be2f5713c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterPortSettings.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterPortSettings.java
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static void validateRemoteAccessSettings(Settings settings) {
     public static TcpTransport.ProfileSettings buildRemoteAccessProfileSettings(Settings settings) {
         validateRemoteAccessSettings(settings);
 
-        // Build a synthetic settings object with the `_remote_access` profile properly configured per the friendlier settings,
+        // Build a synthetic settings object with the REMOTE_CLUSTER_PROFILE properly configured per the friendlier settings,
         Settings syntheticRemoteAccessProfile = Settings.builder()
             .put(settings)
             .put(TCP_KEEP_ALIVE_PROFILE.getConcreteSettingForNamespace(REMOTE_CLUSTER_PROFILE).getKey(), TCP_KEEP_ALIVE.get(settings))