diff --git a/lib/util/settings.schema.json b/lib/util/settings.schema.json
index 95fadd9bd..98f3cc049 100644
--- a/lib/util/settings.schema.json
+++ b/lib/util/settings.schema.json
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
                             "title": "Pause on backoff greater than",
                             "default": 0,
                             "minimum": 0,
-                            "description": "Pause availability pings when backoff reaches over this limit until a new Zigbee message is received from the device. A value of zero disables pausing."
+                            "description": "Pause availability pings when the backoff multiplier reaches over this limit until a new Zigbee message is received from the device. A value of zero disables pausing."
                         }
                     },
                     "required": ["timeout"]