diff --git a/doc/apps/req.pod b/doc/apps/req.pod
index 51d30836a86795e4f329240147db172d569d0a35..ad538ca0b2c9b14f22f86ec03bf89b36f0e1390f 100644
--- a/doc/apps/req.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/req.pod
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ Sample configuration file prompting for field values:
  default_keyfile 	= privkey.pem
  distinguished_name	= req_distinguished_name
  attributes		= req_attributes
- x509_extensions	= v3_ca
+ req_extensions		= v3_ca
 
  dirstring_type = nobmp