diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index 17ead8cb12110d480784f22df6d43dcd15c9fbbf..a03b25cbc32596d046e161e3d94838e204e51cb9 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ If specified multiple times, each url is provided.
 .\" data access. 
 .SH BDB DATABASE-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
 Options in this category only apply to the BDB databases. That is,
-they must follow "database ldbm" line and come before any subsequent
+they must follow "database bdb" line and come before any subsequent
 "backend" or "database" lines.
 .SH LDBM DATABASE-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
 Options in this category only apply to the LDBM databases. That is,