diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 98459c440..61f97a145 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -9138,7 +9138,7 @@ mode { tcp|http|log|spop }
               server features are supported, but not TCP or HTTP specific ones.
 
     spop      When used in a backend section, it will turn the backend into a
-              log backend. This mode is mandatory and automatically set, if
+              spop backend. This mode is mandatory and automatically set, if
               necessary, for backends referenced by SPOE engines.
 
   When doing content switching, it is mandatory that the frontend and the