diff --git a/qapi/machine.json b/qapi/machine.json
index f1c4983b64..0e91a57a76 100644
--- a/qapi/machine.json
+++ b/qapi/machine.json
@@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@
 #
 # @dies: number of dies per socket in the CPU topology
 #
-# @cores: number of cores per thread in the CPU topology
+# @cores: number of cores per die in the CPU topology
 #
 # @threads: number of threads per core in the CPU topology
 #