diff --git a/src/sentinel.c b/src/sentinel.c
index 7713cce7..9fbd43de 100644
--- a/src/sentinel.c
+++ b/src/sentinel.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ typedef struct sentinelAddr {
 #define SENTINEL_TILT_TRIGGER 2000
 #define SENTINEL_TILT_PERIOD (SENTINEL_PING_PERIOD*30)
 #define SENTINEL_DEFAULT_SLAVE_PRIORITY 100
-#define SENTINEL_SLAVE_RECONF_RETRY_PERIOD 10000
+#define SENTINEL_SLAVE_RECONF_TIMEOUT 10000
 #define SENTINEL_DEFAULT_PARALLEL_SYNCS 1
 #define SENTINEL_MIN_LINK_RECONNECT_PERIOD 15000
 #define SENTINEL_DEFAULT_FAILOVER_TIMEOUT (60*3*1000)
@@ -3370,7 +3370,7 @@ void sentinelFailoverReconfNextSlave(sentinelRedisInstance *master) {
          * configuration later. */
         if ((slave->flags & SRI_RECONF_SENT) &&
             (mstime() - slave->slave_reconf_sent_time) >
-            SENTINEL_SLAVE_RECONF_RETRY_PERIOD)
+            SENTINEL_SLAVE_RECONF_TIMEOUT)
         {
             sentinelEvent(REDIS_NOTICE,"-slave-reconf-sent-timeout",slave,"%@");
             slave->flags &= ~SRI_RECONF_SENT;