diff --git a/backend/sftp/sftp.go b/backend/sftp/sftp.go
index 7a7c37e8f..fc3c8064d 100644
--- a/backend/sftp/sftp.go
+++ b/backend/sftp/sftp.go
@@ -339,13 +339,13 @@ cost of using more memory.
 Note that setting this is very likely to cause deadlocks so it should
 be used with care.
 
-If you are doing a sync or copy then make sure concurrency is one more
+If you are doing a sync or copy then make sure connections is one more
 than the sum of |--transfers| and |--checkers|.
 
 If you use |--check-first| then it just needs to be one more than the
 maximum of |--checkers| and |--transfers|.
 
-So for |concurrency 3| you'd use |--checkers 2 --transfers 2
+So for |connections 3| you'd use |--checkers 2 --transfers 2
 --check-first| or |--checkers 1 --transfers 1|.
 
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