diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestAssignmentManagerMetrics.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestAssignmentManagerMetrics.java
index 6399e200144..cee7a4a3e42 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestAssignmentManagerMetrics.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestAssignmentManagerMetrics.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class TestAssignmentManagerMetrics {
     // set tablesOnMaster to none
     conf.set("hbase.balancer.tablesOnMaster", "none");
 
-    // set client sync wait timeout to 10sec
+    // set client sync wait timeout to 5sec
     conf.setInt("hbase.client.sync.wait.timeout.msec", 5000);
     conf.setInt(HConstants.HBASE_CLIENT_RETRIES_NUMBER, 1);
     conf.setInt(HConstants.HBASE_CLIENT_OPERATION_TIMEOUT, 2500);