diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index 1e4992bf54d..a06b4966c87 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -483,8 +483,8 @@ ATOMIC_REQUESTS
 
 Default: ``False``
 
-Set this to ``True`` to wrap each HTTP request in a transaction on this
-database. See :ref:`tying-transactions-to-http-requests`.
+Set this to ``True`` to wrap each view in a transaction on this database. See
+:ref:`tying-transactions-to-http-requests`.
 
 .. setting:: DATABASE-AUTOCOMMIT