diff --git a/reference/configuration/security.rst b/reference/configuration/security.rst
index 5fbadd50a0c..822169bcb0e 100644
--- a/reference/configuration/security.rst
+++ b/reference/configuration/security.rst
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ csrf_token_id
 
 **type**: ``string`` **default**: ``'logout'``
 
-An arbitrary string used to generate the token value (and check its validity
+An arbitrary string used to identify the token value (and check its validity
 afterwards).
 
 .. _reference-security-ldap: