diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
index 5cad00743c..702d01727d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 namespace esphome::api {
 
-// Read a maximum of 5 messages per loop iteration to prevent starving other components.
+// Maximum messages to read per loop iteration to prevent starving other components.
 // This is a balance between API responsiveness and allowing other components to run.
 // Since each message could contain multiple protobuf messages when using packet batching,
 // this limits the number of messages processed, not the number of TCP packets.