diff --git a/sgkit/stats/regenie.py b/sgkit/stats/regenie.py
index 56b7d7672..fdbac9fcc 100644
--- a/sgkit/stats/regenie.py
+++ b/sgkit/stats/regenie.py
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ def regenie(
         Defaults to 10 sample blocks split roughly across all possible
         samples or the number of samples, if that number is < 10.
     alphas
-        List of alpha values to use for regularization, by default None.
+        List of ridge parameter values to use for regularization, by default None.
         If not provided, these will be set automatically based on
         datasize and apriori heritability assumptions.
     add_intercept