diff --git a/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.c b/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.c
index 3bcd6c1bdc6e..107e34d4f0d5 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: tcp_timer.c,v 1.39 1998/05/11 20:52:18 thorpej Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: tcp_timer.c,v 1.40 1998/06/02 17:22:26 thorpej Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ tcp_timers(tp, timer)
 		if (tp->t_state == TCPS_SYN_SENT)
 			tp->t_flags |= TF_SYN_REXMT;
 		/*
-		 * Close the congestion window down to the initial window
+		 * Close the congestion window down to one segment
 		 * (we'll open it by one segment for each ack we get).
 		 * Since we probably have a window's worth of unacked
 		 * data accumulated, this "slow start" keeps us from
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ tcp_timers(tp, timer)
 		u_int win = min(tp->snd_wnd, tp->snd_cwnd) / 2 / tp->t_segsz;
 		if (win < 2)
 			win = 2;
-		tp->snd_cwnd = TCP_INITIAL_WINDOW(tcp_init_win, tp->t_segsz);
+		tp->snd_cwnd = tp->t_segsz;
 		tp->snd_ssthresh = win * tp->t_segsz;
 		tp->t_dupacks = 0;
 		}