diff --git a/include/grpc/grpc_posix.h b/include/grpc/grpc_posix.h
index 5e89ae3b1ee..6d77f0fb82a 100644
--- a/include/grpc/grpc_posix.h
+++ b/include/grpc/grpc_posix.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ GRPCAPI void grpc_server_add_insecure_channel_from_fd(grpc_server *server,
                                                       int fd);
 
 /** GRPC Core POSIX library may internally use signals to optimize some work.
-   The library uses (SIGRTMIN + 2) signal by default. Use this API to instruct
+   The library uses (SIGRTMIN + 6) signal by default. Use this API to instruct
    the library to use a different signal i.e 'signum' instead.
    Note:
    - To prevent GRPC library from using any signals, pass a 'signum' of -1
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll_linux.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll_linux.c
index 740920d760e..ab77ebc78b8 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll_linux.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll_linux.c
@@ -1897,7 +1897,7 @@ const grpc_event_engine_vtable *grpc_init_epoll_linux(void) {
   }
 
   if (!is_grpc_wakeup_signal_initialized) {
-    grpc_use_signal(SIGRTMIN + 2);
+    grpc_use_signal(SIGRTMIN + 6);
   }
 
   fd_global_init();