diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/repositories.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/repositories.adoc
index 7c9d13fa7..6b457730c 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/repositories.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/repositories.adoc
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ A corresponding attribute is available in the XML namespace.
 [source, xml]
 ----
 <repositories base-package="com.acme.repository"
-     repository-base-class="….MyRepositoryImpl" />
+     base-class="….MyRepositoryImpl" />
 ----
 ====