diff --git a/core/config/CMakeLists.txt b/core/config/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ef6400db3b6e81172a31f23bdf278ca390b7ad8..b757d3e6b50947a789669846b1aa7d353a154bec 100644
--- a/core/config/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/config/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ SET(SERVER_PERF_LOG_PATH        "perf.log" CACHE STRING "A file name for storing
 SET(SERVER_PERF_STEPPING_SEC    "1"        CACHE STRING "Stepping of performance measurements in seconds")
 SET(CLIENT_RAND_BACKOFF_TSTART  "3"        CACHE STRING "Lower limit of client's backoff phase in seconds")
 SET(CLIENT_RAND_BACKOFF_TEND    "8"        CACHE STRING "Upper limit of client's backoff phase in seconds")
-SET(CLIENT_RETRY_COUNT          "3"        CACHE STRING "Client's number of reconnect-reties")
+SET(CLIENT_RETRY_COUNT          "3"        CACHE STRING "Client's number of reconnect retries")
 
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/FailConfig.hpp.in
                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/FailConfig.hpp)