diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/tempo_dialog.cc b/gtk2_ardour/tempo_dialog.cc
index 6eb8dea7ee..b4d20cd1cc 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/tempo_dialog.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/tempo_dialog.cc
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ TempoDialog::init (const Temporal::BBT_Time& when, double bpm, double end_bpm, d
 
 	note_types.insert (make_pair (_("whole"), 1));
 	strings.push_back (_("whole"));
-	note_types.insert (make_pair (_("second"), 2));
+	note_types.insert (make_pair (_("half"), 2));
 	strings.push_back (_("half"));
 	note_types.insert (make_pair (_("third"), 3));
 	strings.push_back (_("third"));