diff --git a/config/unicorn.rb.example b/config/unicorn.rb.example
index 77e440eddde02f353992cd3ec5815436da09d617..0e47524986894d4e48fca97ea43f2aa8796937f6 100644
--- a/config/unicorn.rb.example
+++ b/config/unicorn.rb.example
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ working_directory "/home/git/gitlab" # available in 0.94.0+
 listen "/home/git/gitlab/tmp/sockets/gitlab.socket", :backlog => 1024
 listen "127.0.0.1:8080", :tcp_nopush => true
 
-# nuke workers after 30 seconds instead of 60 seconds (the default)
+# destroy workers after 30 seconds instead of 60 seconds (the default)
 #
 # NOTICE: git push over http depends on this value.
 # If you want to be able to push huge amount of data to git repository over http