diff --git a/sentinel.conf b/sentinel.conf
index c7ce1cba7..df3c6f08f 100644
--- a/sentinel.conf
+++ b/sentinel.conf
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ acllog-max-len 128
 
 # sentinel parallel-syncs <master-name> <numreplicas>
 #
-# How many replicas we can reconfigure to point to the new replica simultaneously
+# How many replicas we can reconfigure to point to the new master simultaneously
 # during the failover. Use a low number if you use the replicas to serve query
 # to avoid that all the replicas will be unreachable at about the same
 # time while performing the synchronization with the master.