diff --git a/runtime/src/alpha.rs b/runtime/src/alpha.rs
index d1820c94e..8bf0ff543 100644
--- a/runtime/src/alpha.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/alpha.rs
@@ -310,8 +310,7 @@ where
             // Ensure that the runtime is set to unhealthy if it doesn't reach the running state after
             // it has sent a load response, so that the ECS task will fail.
             tokio::spawn(async move {
-                // Note: The timeout is quite low as we are not actually provisioning resources after
-                // sending the load response.
+                // Note: The timeout is quite long since RDS can take a long time to provision.
                 tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(180)).await;
                 if !matches!(state.lock().unwrap().deref(), State::Running) {
                     println!("the runtime failed to enter the running state before timing out");