diff --git a/esphome/components/http_request/http_request_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/http_request/http_request_idf.cpp
index 7e0422c6c7..b0a2d264d9 100644
--- a/esphome/components/http_request/http_request_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/http_request/http_request_idf.cpp
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ int HttpContainerIDF::read(uint8_t *buf, size_t max_len) {
   }
 
   // read_len_or_error < 0: check for EAGAIN (no data available in non-blocking mode)
-  // ESP_ERR_HTTP_EAGAIN = 0x7007, returned as negative
+  // ESP_ERR_HTTP_EAGAIN is returned as a negative error code
   if (read_len_or_error == -ESP_ERR_HTTP_EAGAIN) {
     return 0;  // No data available yet, caller should retry
   }