diff --git a/etc/rally/rally.conf.sample b/etc/rally/rally.conf.sample
index c2118c6b4e..4d4a58f3d6 100644
--- a/etc/rally/rally.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/rally/rally.conf.sample
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@
 # Deprecated group/name - [DATABASE]/sql_max_retries
 #max_retries = 10
 
-# Interval between retries of opening a SQL connection. (integer
+# Interval between retries of opening an SQL connection. (integer
 # value)
 # Deprecated group/name - [DEFAULT]/sql_retry_interval
 # Deprecated group/name - [DATABASE]/reconnect_interval