diff --git a/etc/login.defs b/etc/login.defs
index 4f60724e..966724c7 100644
--- a/etc/login.defs
+++ b/etc/login.defs
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ PASS_ALWAYS_WARN	yes
 #
 # Number of significant characters in the password for crypt().
 # Default is 8, don't change unless your crypt() is better.
-# Ignored if MD5_CRYPT_ENAB set to "yes".
+# Only used for DES encryption algorithm.
 #
 #PASS_MAX_LEN		8