diff --git a/docs/source/config_file.rst b/docs/source/config_file.rst
index 61ec382795f2d..fa570e0dfdd64 100644
--- a/docs/source/config_file.rst
+++ b/docs/source/config_file.rst
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ section of the command line docs.
    :type: boolean
    :default: False
 
-   Enable all optional error checking flags.  You can see the list of
+   Enable several optional error checking flags.  You can see the list of
    flags enabled by strict mode in the full :option:`mypy --help`
    output.