diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/accurate_alive-d2687bca802211a4.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/accurate_alive-d2687bca802211a4.yaml
index 87ccaa25e8..233044b7f7 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/accurate_alive-d2687bca802211a4.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/accurate_alive-d2687bca802211a4.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ fixes:
     Previously the ``conductors`` ``online`` database column is not considered
     when displaying the "baremetal conductor list" ``Alive`` status. This means
     that when a conductor is stopped gracefully it will be shown as
-    (inaccurately) alive for the duration of ``[conductor]graceful_timeout``.
+    (inaccurately) alive for the duration of ``[conductor]heartbeat_timeout``.
 
     A conductor is now considered alive if ``online`` is true and there is a
-    recent enough heartbeat.
\ No newline at end of file
+    recent enough heartbeat.