diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/sliding_sync/mod.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/sliding_sync/mod.rs
index 869bc217e..047445468 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/sliding_sync/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/sliding_sync/mod.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ pub(super) struct SlidingSyncInner {
     poll_timeout: Duration,
 
     /// Extra duration for the sliding sync request to timeout. This is added to
-    /// the [`Self::proxy_timeout`].
+    /// the [`Self::poll_timeout`].
     network_timeout: Duration,
 
     /// The storage key to keep this cache at and load it from.