diff --git a/oslo_messaging/_drivers/protocols/amqp/opts.py b/oslo_messaging/_drivers/protocols/amqp/opts.py
index 0eae3be1e..01e9fa43b 100644
--- a/oslo_messaging/_drivers/protocols/amqp/opts.py
+++ b/oslo_messaging/_drivers/protocols/amqp/opts.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ amqp1_opts = [
     cfg.StrOpt('ssl_ca_file',
                default='',
                deprecated_group='amqp1',
-               help="CA certificate PEM file for verifing server certificate"),
+               help="CA certificate PEM file to verify server certificate"),
 
     cfg.StrOpt('ssl_cert_file',
                default='',