diff --git a/sys/shell/commands/sc_gnrc_netif.c b/sys/shell/commands/sc_gnrc_netif.c
index a124f9ca36a491b97dfbbcb54a6ca8a2ff3d44f0..3b67ce4bed3ca702bd123ba7fe5ff507fb738d58 100644
--- a/sys/shell/commands/sc_gnrc_netif.c
+++ b/sys/shell/commands/sc_gnrc_netif.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static void _print_netopt(netopt_t opt)
             break;
 
         case NETOPT_HOP_LIMIT:
-            printf("MTU");
+            printf("hop limit");
             break;
 
         case NETOPT_MAX_PACKET_SIZE: