diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 01f54a1f..de58e95c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ byobu (4.48) unreleased; urgency=low
   * debian/control:
     - we really need tmux 1.5 to take advantage of its features
     - N.B.: I have pushed backports of tmux 1.5-1 to ppa:byobu/ppa
+  * usr/share/byobu/status/statusrc:
+    - fix reference to non-existent variable, MONITORED_INTERFACE; should be
+      MONITORED_NETWORK
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:54:11 -0600
 
diff --git a/usr/share/byobu/status/statusrc b/usr/share/byobu/status/statusrc
index 3e96dc7b..34edd513 100644
--- a/usr/share/byobu/status/statusrc
+++ b/usr/share/byobu/status/statusrc
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #DISK_IO_THRESHOLD=50
 
 # Default: eth0
-#MONITORED_INTERFACE=eth0
+#MONITORED_NETWORK=eth0
 
 # Unit used for network throughput (either bits per second or bytes per second)
 # Default: bits