diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-meta.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-meta.5
index 46e9fb5c14..d22d5bcc7b 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-meta.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-meta.5
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ The rule
 .LP
 .RS
 .nf
-access to dn="<dn>" attr=<attr>
+access to dn="<dn>" attrs=<attr>
        by dnattr=<dnattr> read
        by * none
 .fi