diff --git a/envoy/config/filter/network/http_connection_manager/v2/http_connection_manager.proto b/envoy/config/filter/network/http_connection_manager/v2/http_connection_manager.proto
index e4d5b7b8..d9043e62 100644
--- a/envoy/config/filter/network/http_connection_manager/v2/http_connection_manager.proto
+++ b/envoy/config/filter/network/http_connection_manager/v2/http_connection_manager.proto
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ message HttpConnectionManager {
   // timeout, although per-route idle timeout overrides will continue to apply.
   google.protobuf.Duration stream_idle_timeout = 24;
 
-  // A timeout for idle requests managed by the connection manager.
+  // The amount of time that Envoy will wait for the entire request to be received.
   // The timer is activated when the request is initiated, and is disarmed when the last byte of the
   // request is sent upstream (i.e. all decoding filters have processed the request), OR when the
   // response is initiated. If not specified or set to 0, this timeout is disabled.
diff --git a/envoy/extensions/filters/network/http_connection_manager/v3/http_connection_manager.proto b/envoy/extensions/filters/network/http_connection_manager/v3/http_connection_manager.proto
index 2f84fdd2..d0048e0a 100644
--- a/envoy/extensions/filters/network/http_connection_manager/v3/http_connection_manager.proto
+++ b/envoy/extensions/filters/network/http_connection_manager/v3/http_connection_manager.proto
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ message HttpConnectionManager {
   // timeout, although per-route idle timeout overrides will continue to apply.
   google.protobuf.Duration stream_idle_timeout = 24;
 
-  // A timeout for idle requests managed by the connection manager.
+  // The amount of time that Envoy will wait for the entire request to be received.
   // The timer is activated when the request is initiated, and is disarmed when the last byte of the
   // request is sent upstream (i.e. all decoding filters have processed the request), OR when the
   // response is initiated. If not specified or set to 0, this timeout is disabled.