diff --git a/java/com/google/domain/registry/config/RegistryConfig.java b/java/com/google/domain/registry/config/RegistryConfig.java
index a115f5d3a..416352d3e 100644
--- a/java/com/google/domain/registry/config/RegistryConfig.java
+++ b/java/com/google/domain/registry/config/RegistryConfig.java
@@ -253,10 +253,10 @@ public interface RegistryConfig {
   public Duration getAsyncDeleteFlowMapreduceDelay();
 
   /**
-   * Returns the amount of time to back off following an async delete flow task failure.
+   * Returns the amount of time to back off following an async flow task failure.
    *
    * This should be ~orders of magnitude larger than the rate on the queue, in order to prevent
    * the logs from filling up with unnecessarily failures.
    */
-  public Duration getAsyncDeleteFlowFailureBackoff();
+  public Duration getAsyncFlowFailureBackoff();
 }
diff --git a/java/com/google/domain/registry/config/TestRegistryConfig.java b/java/com/google/domain/registry/config/TestRegistryConfig.java
index 909d4d686..eb809b6aa 100644
--- a/java/com/google/domain/registry/config/TestRegistryConfig.java
+++ b/java/com/google/domain/registry/config/TestRegistryConfig.java
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public class TestRegistryConfig implements RegistryConfig {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Duration getAsyncDeleteFlowFailureBackoff() {
+  public Duration getAsyncFlowFailureBackoff() {
     return Duration.standardMinutes(10);
   }
 }
diff --git a/java/com/google/domain/registry/flows/async/AsyncFlowUtils.java b/java/com/google/domain/registry/flows/async/AsyncFlowUtils.java
index e906a6cf2..2b89abf57 100644
--- a/java/com/google/domain/registry/flows/async/AsyncFlowUtils.java
+++ b/java/com/google/domain/registry/flows/async/AsyncFlowUtils.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public final class AsyncFlowUtils {
     logger.infofmt("Enqueueing async mapreduce action with path %s and params %s", path, params);
     // Aggressively back off if the task fails, to minimize flooding the logs.
     RetryOptions retryOptions = RetryOptions.Builder.withMinBackoffSeconds(
-        RegistryEnvironment.get().config().getAsyncDeleteFlowFailureBackoff().getStandardSeconds());
+        RegistryEnvironment.get().config().getAsyncFlowFailureBackoff().getStandardSeconds());
     TaskOptions options = TaskOptions.Builder
         .withUrl(path)
         .retryOptions(retryOptions)