diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
index 0dff1b3..ebcb34c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,9 @@
 <property>
   <name>dfs.datanode.handler.count</name>
   <value>10</value>
-  <description>The number of server threads for the datanode.</description>
+  <description>
+     The number of Datanode RPC server threads that listen to
+     requests from client.</description>
 </property>
 
 <property>