diff --git a/docs/eventing/sources/kafka-source/README.md b/docs/eventing/sources/kafka-source/README.md
index ed33b8fc5..c8df76268 100644
--- a/docs/eventing/sources/kafka-source/README.md
+++ b/docs/eventing/sources/kafka-source/README.md
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) is used by Apache Kafka for auth
             secretKeyRef:
               name: <secret_name>
               key: password
-          saslType:
+          type:
             secretKeyRef:
               name: <secret_name>
               key: saslType