diff --git a/sites/default/settings.php b/sites/default/settings.php
index bb8c0ab32fd1a0b12b9e4cc9033f6a4f9ea9515c..dbd81225fd4be4a03a8ded6945aea61e56a78cd0 100644
--- a/sites/default/settings.php
+++ b/sites/default/settings.php
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@
  *
  * 10. sites/default
  *
- * If you are installing on a non-standard port number, the ':' is
- * replaced by a '.'. For example, http://www.drupal.org:8080/mysite/test/
- * could be loaded from sites/www.drupal.org.8080.mysite.test/.
+ * If you are installing on a non-standard port number, prefix the
+ * hostname with that number.  For example, 
+ * http://www.drupal.org:8080/mysite/test/ could be loaded from 
+ * sites/8080.www.drupal.org.mysite.test/.
  */
 
 /**