diff --git a/stable/aws-load-balancer-controller/values.yaml b/stable/aws-load-balancer-controller/values.yaml
index 90bb9c67b..5f92f5fc7 100644
--- a/stable/aws-load-balancer-controller/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/aws-load-balancer-controller/values.yaml
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ env:
 
 # Specifies if aws-load-balancer-controller should be started in hostNetwork mode.
 #
-# This is required if using a custom CNI with a managed kubernetes service (e.g. EKS).
-# The managed control plane is unable to communicate with the pods/service IP address.
+# This is required if using a custom CNI where the managed control plane nodes are unable to initiate
+# network connections to the pods, for example using Calico CNI plugin on EKS. This is not required or
+# recommended if using the Amazon VPC CNI plugin.
 hostNetwork: false