diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readertoc.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readertoc.lua
index c0e91663b..a77619e49 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readertoc.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readertoc.lua
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ Enabling this option will restrict display to the chapter titles of progress bar
         end,
     }
     menu_items.toc_items_show_chapter_length = {
-        text = _("Show chapter page counts"),
+        text = _("Show chapter length"),
         keep_menu_open = true,
         checked_func = function()
             return not G_reader_settings:nilOrFalse("toc_items_show_chapter_length")
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/menu.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/menu.lua
index 15364e074..ee2392d38 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/menu.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/menu.lua
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ function MenuItem:init()
     -- Font for "mandatory" on the right
     self.info_face = Font:getFace(self.infont, self.infont_size)
     -- Font for post_text if any: for now, this is only used with TOC, showing
-    -- the chapter pages count: if feels best to use the face of the main text,
-    -- but with the size of the mandatory font (showing some number too).
+    -- the chapter length: if feels best to use the face of the main text, but
+    -- with the size of the mandatory font (which shows some number too).
     if self.post_text then
         self.post_text_face = Font:getFace(self.font, self.infont_size)
     end