diff --git a/docs/v1.9/cloud-providers/aws/aws-provider.md b/docs/v1.9/cloud-providers/aws/aws-provider.md
index 2f4c7b78..3cc4542c 100644
--- a/docs/v1.9/cloud-providers/aws/aws-provider.md
+++ b/docs/v1.9/cloud-providers/aws/aws-provider.md
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: crossplane-system
 type: Opaque
 data:
-  credentials: ${BASE64ENCODED_AWS_ACCOUNT_CREDS}
+  creds: ${BASE64ENCODED_AWS_ACCOUNT_CREDS}
 ---
 apiVersion: aws.crossplane.io/v1beta1
 kind: ProviderConfig
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ spec:
     secretRef:
       namespace: crossplane-system
       name: aws-account-creds
-      key: credentials
+      key: creds
 EOF
 
 # apply it to the cluster:
diff --git a/docs/v1.9/cloud-providers/gcp/gcp-provider.md b/docs/v1.9/cloud-providers/gcp/gcp-provider.md
index a6af8154..2fbf70df 100644
--- a/docs/v1.9/cloud-providers/gcp/gcp-provider.md
+++ b/docs/v1.9/cloud-providers/gcp/gcp-provider.md
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: ${PROVIDER_SECRET_NAMESPACE}
 type: Opaque
 data:
-  credentials: ${BASE64ENCODED_GCP_PROVIDER_CREDS}
+  creds: ${BASE64ENCODED_GCP_PROVIDER_CREDS}
 ---
 apiVersion: gcp.crossplane.io/v1beta1
 kind: ProviderConfig
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ spec:
     secretRef:
       namespace: ${PROVIDER_SECRET_NAMESPACE}
       name: gcp-account-creds
-      key: credentials
+      key: creds
 EOF
 
 # apply it to the cluster:
diff --git a/docs/v1.9/concepts/providers.md b/docs/v1.9/concepts/providers.md
index be61bf09..51399b3d 100644
--- a/docs/v1.9/concepts/providers.md
+++ b/docs/v1.9/concepts/providers.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ spec:
     secretRef:
       namespace: crossplane-system
       name: aws-creds
-      key: key
+      key: creds
 ```
 
 You can see that there is a reference to a key in a specific `Secret`. The value
@@ -165,4 +165,4 @@ will attempt to use a `ProviderConfig` named `default`.
 [provider-styra]: https://github.com/crossplane-contrib/provider-styra
 [provider-styra-api]: https://doc.crds.dev/github.com/crossplane-contrib/provider-styra
 [provider-cloudflare]: https://github.com/crossplane-contrib/provider-cloudflare
-[provider-cloudflare-api]: https://doc.crds.dev/github.com/crossplane-contrib/provider-cloudflare
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+[provider-cloudflare-api]: https://doc.crds.dev/github.com/crossplane-contrib/provider-cloudflare
diff --git a/docs/v1.9/guides/multi-tenant.md b/docs/v1.9/guides/multi-tenant.md
index 35dc5a70..b6c956d5 100644
--- a/docs/v1.9/guides/multi-tenant.md
+++ b/docs/v1.9/guides/multi-tenant.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ spec:
     secretRef:
       namespace: crossplane-system
       name: aws-creds
-      key: key
+      key: creds
 ```
 
 If a user desired for these credentials to be used to provision an
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ spec:
     secretRef:
       namespace: crossplane-system
       name: team-1-creds
-      key: key
+      key: creds
 ```
 
 2. Define a `Composition` that patches the namespace of the Claim reference in the XR
diff --git a/docs/v1.9/snippets/configure/aws/setup.sh b/docs/v1.9/snippets/configure/aws/setup.sh
index 59d3523c..781c92d5 100755
--- a/docs/v1.9/snippets/configure/aws/setup.sh
+++ b/docs/v1.9/snippets/configure/aws/setup.sh
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ fi
 
 echo "apiVersion: v1
 data:
-  key: $AWS_CREDS_BASE64
+  creds: $AWS_CREDS_BASE64
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
   name: aws-creds
   namespace: crossplane-system
-type: Opaque" | kubectl apply -f -
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+type: Opaque" | kubectl apply -f -