diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/session_option_editor.cc b/gtk2_ardour/session_option_editor.cc
index ff74caa0d6..2c7a39e3ab 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/session_option_editor.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/session_option_editor.cc
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ SessionOptionEditor::SessionOptionEditor (Session* s)
 
 	ComboOption<TimecodeFormat>* smf = new ComboOption<TimecodeFormat> (
 		"timecode-format",
-		_("Timecode samples-per-second"),
+		_("Timecode frames-per-second"),
 		sigc::mem_fun (*_session_config, &SessionConfiguration::get_timecode_format),
 		sigc::mem_fun (*_session_config, &SessionConfiguration::set_timecode_format)
 		);