diff --git a/src/sampleconf/mimeview b/src/sampleconf/mimeview
index cb8fffe3..2049f4b3 100644
--- a/src/sampleconf/mimeview
+++ b/src/sampleconf/mimeview
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ image/x-ms-bmp = gwenview %f
 image/x-xpmi = gwenview %f
 
 # Opening mail messages not always works. 
-#  - Thunderbird will only open a single-message file if it has an .emf
+#  - Thunderbird will only open a single-message file if it has an .eml
 #    extension
 #  - "sylpheed %f" seems to work ok as of version 3.3
 #  - claws-mail: no can do apparently