diff --git a/fail2ban/protocol.py b/fail2ban/protocol.py
index 2cace91fb..5d9fdd653 100644
--- a/fail2ban/protocol.py
+++ b/fail2ban/protocol.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ protocol = [
 ["set <JAIL> unbanip <IP>", "manually Unban <IP> in <JAIL>"], 
 ["set <JAIL> maxretry <RETRY>", "sets the number of failures <RETRY> before banning the host for <JAIL>"], 
 ["set <JAIL> maxlines <LINES>", "sets the number of <LINES> to buffer for regex search for <JAIL>"], 
-["set <JAIL> addaction <ACT>[ <PYTHONFILE> <JSONKWARGS>]", "adds a new action named <NAME> for <JAIL>. Optionally for a Python based action, a <PYTHONFILE> and <JSONKWARGS> can be specified, else will be a Command Action"], 
+["set <JAIL> addaction <ACT>[ <PYTHONFILE> <JSONKWARGS>]", "adds a new action named <ACT> for <JAIL>. Optionally for a Python based action, a <PYTHONFILE> and <JSONKWARGS> can be specified, else will be a Command Action"], 
 ["set <JAIL> delaction <ACT>", "removes the action <ACT> from <JAIL>"], 
 ["", "COMMAND ACTION CONFIGURATION", ""],
 ["set <JAIL> action <ACT> actionstart <CMD>", "sets the start command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>"], 
diff --git a/man/fail2ban-client.1 b/man/fail2ban-client.1
index a43123da3..39ac8bf67 100644
--- a/man/fail2ban-client.1
+++ b/man/fail2ban-client.1
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ sets the number of <LINES> to
 buffer for regex search for <JAIL>
 .TP
 \fBset <JAIL> addaction <ACT>[ <PYTHONFILE> <JSONKWARGS>]\fR
-adds a new action named <NAME> for
+adds a new action named <ACT> for
 <JAIL>. Optionally for a Python
 based action, a <PYTHONFILE> and
 <JSONKWARGS> can be specified,