diff --git a/ndb/include/util/ndb_opts.h b/ndb/include/util/ndb_opts.h
index 462d99965826c90037b8da826011db822602b09a..ac2a48d6fe9ad773a2b2343321518eeb3e9a3b31 100644
--- a/ndb/include/util/ndb_opts.h
+++ b/ndb/include/util/ndb_opts.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ my_bool opt_core;
   { "ndb-connectstring", OPT_NDB_CONNECTSTRING, \
     "Set connect string for connecting to ndb_mgmd. " \
     "Syntax: \"[nodeid=<id>;][host=]<hostname>[:<port>]\". " \
-    "Overides specifying entries in NDB_CONNECTSTRING and Ndb.cfg", \
+    "Overrides specifying entries in NDB_CONNECTSTRING and my.cnf", \
     (gptr*) &opt_connect_str, (gptr*) &opt_connect_str, 0, \
     GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 },\
   { "ndb-shm", OPT_NDB_SHM,\
diff --git a/ndb/test/ndbapi/flexScan.cpp b/ndb/test/ndbapi/flexScan.cpp
index 4d2c85d6955b27a7b75e4b54883bc6377e3761cb..1f001bd02109896f1b060e695d8c6c85114f0f4d 100644
--- a/ndb/test/ndbapi/flexScan.cpp
+++ b/ndb/test/ndbapi/flexScan.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	 verify delete
 
        Arguments:
-        -f Location of Ndb.cfg file, default Ndb.cfg
+        -f Location of my.cnf file, default my.cnf
         -t Number of threads to start, default 1
         -o Number of operations per loop, default 500	-l Number of loops to run, default 1, 0=infinite
         -a Number of attributes, default 25
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ static int createTables(Ndb* pMyNdb)
 static void printUsage()
 {
   ndbout << "Usage of flexScan:" << endl;
-  ndbout << "-f <path> Location of Ndb.cfg file, default: Ndb.cfg" << endl;
+  ndbout << "-f <path> Location of my.cnf file, default: my.cnf" << endl;
   ndbout << "-t <int>  Number of threads to start, default 1" << endl;
   ndbout << "-o <int>  Number of operations per loop, default 500" << endl;
   ndbout << "-l <int>  Number of loops to run, default 1, 0=infinite" << endl;
diff --git a/ndb/tools/ndb_config.cpp b/ndb/tools/ndb_config.cpp
index 78a2fa38fba6dad82b74453b7b33fe89d44702df..0eaabf76eae6a6430757a6dd744a27a1b17544ad 100644
--- a/ndb/tools/ndb_config.cpp
+++ b/ndb/tools/ndb_config.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
   { "ndb-connectstring", 256,
     "Set connect string for connecting to ndb_mgmd. " 
     "Syntax: \"[nodeid=<id>;][host=]<hostname>[:<port>]\". " 
-    "Overides specifying entries in NDB_CONNECTSTRING and Ndb.cfg", 
+    "Overrides specifying entries in NDB_CONNECTSTRING and my.cnf", 
     (gptr*) &g_connectstring, (gptr*) &g_connectstring, 
     0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
   { "nodes", 256, "Print nodes",