diff --git a/ironic/conductor/manager.py b/ironic/conductor/manager.py
index 5d70720690..f58705551d 100644
--- a/ironic/conductor/manager.py
+++ b/ironic/conductor/manager.py
@@ -1642,12 +1642,12 @@ class ConductorManager(base_manager.BaseConductorManager):
         for node_info in self.iter_nodes(fields=['id'], filters=filters):
             nodes.put(node_info)
 
-        number_of_threads = min(CONF.conductor.sync_power_state_workers,
+        number_of_workers = min(CONF.conductor.sync_power_state_workers,
                                 CONF.conductor.periodic_max_workers,
                                 nodes.qsize())
         futures = []
 
-        for thread_number in range(max(0, number_of_threads - 1)):
+        for worker_number in range(max(0, number_of_workers - 1)):
             try:
                 futures.append(
                     self._spawn_worker(self._sync_power_state_nodes_task,
@@ -1656,7 +1656,7 @@ class ConductorManager(base_manager.BaseConductorManager):
                 LOG.warning("There are no more conductor workers for "
                             "power sync task. %(workers)d workers have "
                             "been already spawned.",
-                            {'workers': thread_number})
+                            {'workers': worker_number})
                 break
 
         try:
diff --git a/ironic/conf/conductor.py b/ironic/conf/conductor.py
index 91d902d504..99d2d81933 100644
--- a/ironic/conf/conductor.py
+++ b/ironic/conf/conductor.py
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ opts = [
                       'in DB')),
     cfg.IntOpt('sync_power_state_workers',
                default=8, min=1,
-               help=_('The maximum number of workers that can be started '
-                      'simultaneously to sync nodes power state from the '
-                      'periodic task.')),
+               help=_('The maximum number of worker threads that can be '
+                      'started simultaneously to sync nodes power states from '
+                      'the periodic task.')),
     cfg.IntOpt('periodic_max_workers',
                default=8,
                help=_('Maximum number of worker threads that can be started '
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-parallel-power-syncs-b099d66e80aab616.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-parallel-power-syncs-b099d66e80aab616.yaml
index c77a48274c..90cc174d3f 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/add-parallel-power-syncs-b099d66e80aab616.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-parallel-power-syncs-b099d66e80aab616.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 ---
 features:
   - |
-    Parallelizes periodic power sync calls by running up to
-    ``sync_power_state_workers`` simultenously. The default is to run
-    up to ``8`` workers.
-    This change should let larger-scale setups to run power syncs more
-    frequently and make the whole power sync procedure more resilient to slow
-    or dead BMCs.
+    Parallelizes periodic power sync calls by running up to ironic
+    configuration ``[conductor]/sync_power_state_workers`` simultaneously.
+    The default is to run up to ``8`` workers. This change should let
+    larger-scale setups running power syncs more frequently and make the whole
+    power sync procedure more resilient to slow or dead BMCs.