diff --git a/NSEC3-NOTES b/NSEC3-NOTES
index 98f25be292..3f8d8f905c 100644
--- a/NSEC3-NOTES
+++ b/NSEC3-NOTES
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The private type record has 5 octets.
 	complete flag (octet 5)
 
 If you wish to go straight to a secure zone using NSEC3 you should
-also add a NSECPARAM record to the update request with the flags
+also add a NSEC3PARAM record to the update request with the flags
 field set to indicate whether the NSEC3 chain will have the OPTOUT
 bit set or not.