diff --git a/src/simple_stats.cc b/src/simple_stats.cc
index 4c2c6f14..72eb4d44 100644
--- a/src/simple_stats.cc
+++ b/src/simple_stats.cc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ SimpleStats::SimpleStats(const Config& config, int channel_id)
     InitStat("num_cycles", "counter", "Number of DRAM cycles");
     InitStat("epoch_num", "counter", "Number of epochs");
     InitStat("num_reads_done", "counter", "Number of read requests issued");
-    InitStat("num_writes_done", "counter", "Number of read requests issued");
+    InitStat("num_writes_done", "counter", "Number of write requests issued");
     InitStat("num_write_buf_hits", "counter", "Number of write buffer hits");
     InitStat("num_read_row_hits", "counter", "Number of read row buffer hits");
     InitStat("num_write_row_hits", "counter",
@@ -476,4 +476,4 @@ void SimpleStats::UpdateFinalStats() {
     return;
 }
 
-}  // namespace dramsim3
\ No newline at end of file
+}  // namespace dramsim3