diff --git a/i3pystatus/mail/__init__.py b/i3pystatus/mail/__init__.py
index 56f1556..abf0ba1 100644
--- a/i3pystatus/mail/__init__.py
+++ b/i3pystatus/mail/__init__.py
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ class Mail(IntervalModule):
         "color", "color_unread", "format", "format_plural",
         ("hide_if_null", "Don't output anything if there are no new mails"),
         ("email_client", "The command to run on left click. "
-                         "For example, to launch Thunderbird set command_on_click to ``thunderbird``. "
+                         "For example, to launch Thunderbird set ``email_client` to ``thunderbird``. "
                          "Alternatively, to bring Thunderbird into focus, "
-                         "set command_on_click to ``i3-msg -q [class=\"^Thunderbird$\"] focus``. "
+                         "set ``email_client`` to ``i3-msg -q [class=\"^Thunderbird$\"] focus``. "
                          "Hint: To discover the X window class of your email client run 'xprop | grep -i class' "
                          "and click on it's window\n"),
     )