diff --git a/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.py b/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.py
index c3e1865bc55b..f225b7326404 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.py
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ class PrefixCachingMetrics:
         This function is called with information gathered when new requests
         are being scheduled and are looking for computed blocks.
 
-        When there are more than `interval` requests, the oldest set of
-        requests are removed from the metrics.
+        When there are more than `max_recent_requests` requests, the oldest set
+        of requests are removed from the metrics.
 
         Args:
             stats: The prefix cache stats.