diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-meta.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-meta.5
index ac9222f57f72a0649682ecc3748375c481657d4a..4652efc97910748ba941af6270bf530b37a4bbf1 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-meta.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-meta.5
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ supported operations.
 If specified before any target definition, it affects all targets
 unless overridden by per-target directives.
 
-Note: if the timelimit is exceeded, the operation is cancelled
+Note: if the timeout is exceeded, the operation is cancelled
 (according to the \fBcancel\fP directive);
 the protocol does not provide any means to rollback operations,
 so the client will not be notified about the result of the operation,