diff --git a/pkg/validation/limits.go b/pkg/validation/limits.go
index e9eda23d6be9f..93884bfc4fdda 100644
--- a/pkg/validation/limits.go
+++ b/pkg/validation/limits.go
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ func (l *Limits) RegisterFlags(f *flag.FlagSet) {
 	f.Var(&l.CreationGracePeriod, "validation.create-grace-period", "Duration which table will be created/deleted before/after it's needed; we won't accept sample from before this time.")
 	f.IntVar(&l.MaxEntriesLimitPerQuery, "validation.max-entries-limit", 5000, "Maximum number of log entries that will be returned for a query.")
 
-	f.BoolVar(&l.UseOwnedStreamCount, "ingester.use-owned-stream-count", false, "When true, the ingester takes into account only the streams that belongs to this instance according to the ring while applying the stream limit.")
+	f.BoolVar(&l.UseOwnedStreamCount, "ingester.use-owned-stream-count", false, "When true an ingester takes into account only the streams that it owns according to the ring while applying the stream limit.")
 	f.IntVar(&l.MaxLocalStreamsPerUser, "ingester.max-streams-per-user", 0, "Maximum number of active streams per user, per ingester. 0 to disable.")
 	f.IntVar(&l.MaxGlobalStreamsPerUser, "ingester.max-global-streams-per-user", 5000, "Maximum number of active streams per user, across the cluster. 0 to disable. When the global limit is enabled, each ingester is configured with a dynamic local limit based on the replication factor and the current number of healthy ingesters, and is kept updated whenever the number of ingesters change.")