diff --git a/contrib/slapd-modules/nssov/README b/contrib/slapd-modules/nssov/README
index 52a10ba90a..328d9bebfd 100644
--- a/contrib/slapd-modules/nssov/README
+++ b/contrib/slapd-modules/nssov/README
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ See the nss-ldapd/README for the original attribute names used in this code.
 The overlay also supports dynamic configuration in cn=config. The layout
 of the config entry is
 
-	dn: olcOverlay={0}nssov,ocDatabase={1}mdb,cn=config
+	dn: olcOverlay={0}nssov,olcDatabase={1}mdb,cn=config
 	objectClass: olcOverlayConfig
 	objectClass: olcNssOvConfig
 	olcOverlay: {0}nssov