diff --git a/docs/specs/vhost-user.txt b/docs/specs/vhost-user.txt
index 0312d40af0..47782419c9 100644
--- a/docs/specs/vhost-user.txt
+++ b/docs/specs/vhost-user.txt
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ Message types
       Equivalent ioctl: VHOST_SET_VRING_NUM
       Master payload: vring state description
 
-      Sets the number of vrings for this owner.
+      Set the size of the queue.
 
  * VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_ADDR