diff --git a/testing/tests/ikev2/dpd-restart/description.txt b/testing/tests/ikev2/dpd-restart/description.txt
index 86551274d..410d3d636 100644
--- a/testing/tests/ikev2/dpd-restart/description.txt
+++ b/testing/tests/ikev2/dpd-restart/description.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ The roadwarrior <b>carol</b> sets up an IPsec tunnel connection to the gateway
 <b>moon</b>. Both end points activate <b>Dead Peer Detection</b> (DPD) with a
 polling interval of 10 s. When the network connectivity between <b>carol</b>
 and <b>moon</b> is forcefully disrupted for a duration of 100 s, <b>moon</b>
-clears the connection after 4 unsuccesful retransmits whereas <b>carol</b>
-also clears the connection but immediately tries to reconnect which succeeds
+clears the connection after 4 unsuccessful retransmits whereas <b>carol</b>
+also takes down the connection but immediately tries to reconnect which succeeds
 as soon as the connection becomes available again.