diff --git a/src/isdb/Metainference.cpp b/src/isdb/Metainference.cpp
index 058e27fa7c03020ea5f2de11c1d123dd588f3783..f9ea30effadfb8118cb22615accbd093a166bc8f 100644
--- a/src/isdb/Metainference.cpp
+++ b/src/isdb/Metainference.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ defined by SIGMA_MIN and SIGMA_MAX. The initial value is set at SIGMA0. The MC m
 random displacement of maximum value equal to DSIGMA. If the number of data point is
 too large and the acceptance rate drops it is possible to make the MC move over mutually
 exclusive, random subset of size MC_CHUNKSIZE and run more than one move setting MC_STRIDE
-in such a way that MC_CHUNKSIZE*MC_STRIDE will cover all the data points.
+in such a way that MC_CHUNKSIZE*MC_STEPS will cover all the data points.
 
 Calculated and experimental data can be compared modulo a scaling factor and/or an offset
 using SCALEDATA and/or ADDOFFSET, the sampling is obtained by a MC algorithm either using