diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/dockerd.md b/docs/reference/commandline/dockerd.md
index d31757f2a0..825b838c41 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/dockerd.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/dockerd.md
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ This is a full example of the allowed configuration options on Linux:
 	"log-driver": "json-file",
 	"log-opts": {
 		"max-size": "10m",
-		"max-files":"5",
+		"max-file":"5",
 		"labels": "somelabel",
 		"env": "os,customer"
 	},