diff --git a/docs/subprocess.rst b/docs/subprocess.rst
index 15ad25273..5a6b46713 100644
--- a/docs/subprocess.rst
+++ b/docs/subprocess.rst
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ exceeded the maximum, at which point it will transition to the
 
     So if you set ``startretries=3``, :program:`supervisord` will wait one,
     two and then three seconds between each restart attempt, for a total of
-    5 seconds.
+    6 seconds.
 
 When a process is in the ``EXITED`` state, it will
 automatically restart: