diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/database.py b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/database.py
index 9c263aba8e..350d7f9314 100644
--- a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/database.py
+++ b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/database.py
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ def list_database_roles(self, page_size=None):
 
         :type page_size: int
         :param page_size:
-            Optional. The maximum number of operations in each page of results
+            Optional. The maximum number of database roles in each page of results
             from this request. Non-positive values are ignored. Defaults to a
             sensible value set by the API.