diff --git a/model/pipeline/src/main/proto/org/apache/beam/model/pipeline/v1/schema.proto b/model/pipeline/src/main/proto/org/apache/beam/model/pipeline/v1/schema.proto
index 76a73e0696b9..fa626bc747f0 100644
--- a/model/pipeline/src/main/proto/org/apache/beam/model/pipeline/v1/schema.proto
+++ b/model/pipeline/src/main/proto/org/apache/beam/model/pipeline/v1/schema.proto
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ message LogicalTypes {
 
     // A URN for Decimal type
     //   - Representation type: BYTES
-    //   - A decimal number with specified scale and value. Its BYTES
+    //   - A decimal number with variable scale. Its BYTES
     //     representation consists of an integer (INT32) scale followed by a
     //     two's complement encoded big integer.
     DECIMAL = 3 [(org.apache.beam.model.pipeline.v1.beam_urn) =