diff --git a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix.adoc b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix.adoc
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@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ What's happening in above chart:
   `S21`.
 
 In this second test we show that when existing zookeeper leader was
-kept in majority, all machines will error out:
+kept in minority, all machines will error out:
 
 image::images/sm-tech-partition-half-2.png[width=500]
 What's happening in above chart: