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diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go b/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
index c5d8a3456..09cb153b1 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
@@ -101,8 +101,10 @@ const (
// The address is ff02::2.
IPv6AllRoutersMulticastAddress tcpip.Address = "\xff\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02"
- // IPv6MinimumMTU is the minimum MTU required by IPv6, per RFC 2460,
- // section 5.
+ // IPv6MinimumMTU is the minimum MTU required by IPv6, per RFC 8200,
+ // section 5:
+ // IPv6 requires that every link in the Internet have an MTU of 1280 octets
+ // or greater. This is known as the IPv6 minimum link MTU.
IPv6MinimumMTU = 1280
// IPv6Loopback is the IPv6 Loopback address.