diff --git a/lib/geocoder.rb b/lib/geocoder.rb
index 4e648617223cb923a8fc1dfe122262e449a13a22..58906daa4d7db1ccc0d63655181aea6c15928b3b 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder.rb
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ module Geocoder
   # Does the given value look like an IP address?
   #
   # Does not check for actual validity, just the appearance of four
-  # dot-delimited 8-bit numbers.
+  # dot-delimited numbers.
   #
   def ip_address?(value)
     !!value.to_s.match(/^(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})$/)