diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu.conf b/src/qemu/qemu.conf
index f89dbd2c3a..9b04c8534b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu.conf
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu.conf
@@ -340,9 +340,10 @@
 # In order to override the default TLS certificate location for migration
 # certificates, supply a valid path to the certificate directory. If the
 # provided path does not exist, libvirtd will fail to start. If the path is
-# not provided, but migrate_tls = 1, then the default_tls_x509_cert_dir path
-# will be used. Once/if a default certificate is enabled/defined, migration
-# will then be able to use the certificate via migration API flags.
+# not provided, but TLS-encrypted migration is requested, then the
+# default_tls_x509_cert_dir path will be used. Once/if a default certificate is
+# enabled/defined, migration will then be able to use the certificate via
+# migration API flags.
 #
 #migrate_tls_x509_cert_dir = "/etc/pki/libvirt-migrate"