diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/linecorp/armeria/client/retry/Backoff.java b/core/src/main/java/com/linecorp/armeria/client/retry/Backoff.java
index 8b3bab60e2e..6ec01aa13f1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/linecorp/armeria/client/retry/Backoff.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/linecorp/armeria/client/retry/Backoff.java
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ static Backoff fixed(long delayMillis) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns a {@link Backoff} that waits an exponentially-increasing amount of time between attempts.
+     * Returns a {@link Backoff} that waits an exponentially-increasing with multiplier
+     * 2.0 amount of time between attempts.
      */
     static Backoff exponential(long initialDelayMillis, long maxDelayMillis) {
         return exponential(initialDelayMillis, maxDelayMillis, 2.0);