diff --git a/include/event2/http.h b/include/event2/http.h
index e0fdefe0..c3875f3e 100644
--- a/include/event2/http.h
+++ b/include/event2/http.h
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ int evhttp_request_is_owned(struct evhttp_request *req);
 /**
  * Returns the connection object associated with the request or NULL
  *
- * The server needs to either free the request explicitly or call
+ * The user needs to either free the request explicitly or call
  * evhttp_send_reply_end().
  */
 struct evhttp_connection *evhttp_request_get_connection(struct evhttp_request *req);