diff --git a/conf/example.conf.in b/conf/example.conf.in
index b4a55ae6a..16b49a495 100644
--- a/conf/example.conf.in
+++ b/conf/example.conf.in
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ allocation {
 	# vdo_write_policy = "auto"
 
 	# Configuration option allocation/vdo_max_discard.
-	# Specified te maximum size of discard bio accepted, in 4096 byte blocks.
+	# Specified the maximum size of discard bio accepted, in 4096 byte blocks.
 	# I/O requests to a VDO volume are normally split into 4096-byte blocks,
 	# and processed up to 2048 at a time. However, discard requests to a VDO volume
 	# can be automatically split to a larger size, up to <max discard> 4096-byte blocks
diff --git a/lib/config/config_settings.h b/lib/config/config_settings.h
index d3a42a153..fe14a1eb2 100644
--- a/lib/config/config_settings.h
+++ b/lib/config/config_settings.h
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ cfg(allocation_vdo_write_policy_CFG, "vdo_write_policy", allocation_CFG_SECTION,
 	"        Data which has not been flushed is not guaranteed to persist in this mode.\n")
 
 cfg(allocation_vdo_max_discard_CFG, "vdo_max_discard", allocation_CFG_SECTION, CFG_PROFILABLE | CFG_PROFILABLE_METADATA | CFG_DEFAULT_COMMENTED, CFG_TYPE_INT, DEFAULT_VDO_MAX_DISCARD, VDO_1ST_VSN, NULL, 0, NULL,
-	"Specified te maximum size of discard bio accepted, in 4096 byte blocks.\n"
+	"Specified the maximum size of discard bio accepted, in 4096 byte blocks.\n"
 	"I/O requests to a VDO volume are normally split into 4096-byte blocks,\n"
 	"and processed up to 2048 at a time. However, discard requests to a VDO volume\n"
 	"can be automatically split to a larger size, up to <max discard> 4096-byte blocks\n"