diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f25c5c1..7df3397 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ $ cd SPACK_INSTALL_DIRECTORY/opt/spack/system-name/compiler-name/babelstream-ver
 $ ./<model>-stream
 ```
 More detailed examples are provided in [Spack README file](./docs/spack_instructions.md).
-The `MODEL` option selects one implementation of BabelStream to build.
+The `MODEL` variant selects one implementation of BabelStream to build.
 
 Currently available models are:
 ```