diff --git a/Documentation/Monitors/MariaDB-Monitor.md b/Documentation/Monitors/MariaDB-Monitor.md
index 511e074f2..39b4c2e5c 100644
--- a/Documentation/Monitors/MariaDB-Monitor.md
+++ b/Documentation/Monitors/MariaDB-Monitor.md
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ multiple valid master servers in the cluster.
 The default value is 5 failures.
 
 The worst-case delay between the master failure and the start of the failover
-can be calculated by summing up the timeout values and `monitor_interval` and
+can be estimated by summing up the timeout values and `monitor_interval` and
 multiplying that by `failcount`:
 
 ```