diff --git a/api/cds.proto b/api/cds.proto
index 6365fe480..75a42e55a 100644
--- a/api/cds.proto
+++ b/api/cds.proto
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ message CircuitBreakers {
 
 message Cluster {
   // Supplies the name of the cluster which must be unique across all clusters.
-  // The cluster name is used when emitting statistics. The cluster name can be
-  // at most 60 characters long, and must not contain :.
+  // Any : in the cluster name will be converted to _ when emitting statistics.
+  // TODO(htuch): cross-link to
+  // https://www.envoyproxy.io/envoy/operations/cli#cmdoption-max-obj-name-len.
   string name = 1;
 
   // The service discovery type to use for resolving the cluster.