diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 9d14fba71..5edc003f6 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ PAPERLESS_OCR_IMAGE_DPI=<num>
     present in an image.
 
 
-PAPERLESS_OCR_USER_ARG=<json>
+PAPERLESS_OCR_USER_ARGS=<json>
     OCRmyPDF offers many more options. Use this parameter to specify any
     additional arguments you wish to pass to OCRmyPDF. Since Paperless uses
     the API of OCRmyPDF, you have to specify these in a format that can be