diff --git a/reference/conanfile/attributes/references.inc b/reference/conanfile/attributes/references.inc
index 8f705548fb5f..31ed4ca020c9 100644
--- a/reference/conanfile/attributes/references.inc
+++ b/reference/conanfile/attributes/references.inc
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ This is an optional attribute. It is sometimes used to identify a maturity of th
 but in general this is not necessary, and the maturity of packages is better managed by putting them in different
 server repositories.
 
-The user can be specified in the command line with ``--channel=<mychannel>``
+The channel can be specified in the command line with ``--channel=<mychannel>``