diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0069a12513..5fbf71000d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 ### Maintenance and fixes
 * Enforced using coordinate values as default labels ([1201](https://github.com/arviz-devs/arviz/pull/1201))
 * Integrate `index_origin` with all the library ([1201](https://github.com/arviz-devs/arviz/pull/1201))
+* Fix pareto k threshold typo in reloo function ([1580](https://github.com/arviz-devs/arviz/pull/1580))
 
 ### Deprecation
 * Deprecated `index_origin` and `order` arguments in `az.summary` ([1201](https://github.com/arviz-devs/arviz/pull/1201))
diff --git a/arviz/stats/stats_refitting.py b/arviz/stats/stats_refitting.py
index 15f2942ffa..a5ba3c1de5 100644
--- a/arviz/stats/stats_refitting.py
+++ b/arviz/stats/stats_refitting.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def reloo(wrapper, loo_orig=None, k_thresh=0.7, scale=None, verbose=True):
         warnings.warn("reloo is an experimental and untested feature", UserWarning)
 
     if np.any(khats > k_thresh):
-        for idx in np.argwhere(khats.values > 0.7):
+        for idx in np.argwhere(khats.values > k_thresh):
             if verbose:
                 _log.info("Refitting model excluding observation %d", idx)
             new_obs, excluded_obs = wrapper.sel_observations(idx)