diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 9c1ea512b..619e4fa4a 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -6500,7 +6500,7 @@ nbsrv(backend) <integer>
   "monitor fail".
 
 queue <integer>
-queue(frontend) <integer>
+queue(backend) <integer>
   Returns the total number of queued connections of the designated backend,
   including all the connections in server queues. If no backend name is
   specified, the current one is used, but it is also possible to check another