diff --git a/app/vmselect/searchutils/searchutils.go b/app/vmselect/searchutils/searchutils.go
index 409aed7e87..7b119181d7 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/searchutils/searchutils.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/searchutils/searchutils.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	maxExportDuration = flag.Duration("search.maxExportDuration", time.Hour*24*30, "The maximum duration for /api/v1/export call")
-	maxQueryDuration  = flag.Duration("search.maxQueryDuration", time.Second*30, "The maximum duration for search query execution")
+	maxQueryDuration  = flag.Duration("search.maxQueryDuration", time.Second*30, "The maximum duration for query execution")
 )
 
 // GetTime returns time from the given argKey query arg.