diff --git a/etc/heat/heat.conf.sample b/etc/heat/heat.conf.sample
index 5c216f610..438b19b29 100644
--- a/etc/heat/heat.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/heat/heat.conf.sample
@@ -892,8 +892,9 @@
 # Deprecated group/name - [DATABASE]/sql_max_pool_size
 #max_pool_size=<None>
 
-# Maximum db connection retries during startup. Set to -1 to
-# specify an infinite retry count. (integer value)
+# Maximum number of database connection retries during
+# startup. Set to -1 to specify an infinite retry count.
+# (integer value)
 # Deprecated group/name - [DEFAULT]/sql_max_retries
 # Deprecated group/name - [DATABASE]/sql_max_retries
 #max_retries=10